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Finland-France (0-2): “Benzema and Mbappé? What happiness ”, welcomes Didier Deschamps

2021-11-16T23:27:09.165Z


The coach underlined the immense talent of his attacking duo Benzema-Mbappé, who brought down Finland on Tuesday by scoring the two


The France team, already qualified for the World Cup in Qatar, won this Tuesday in Finland (2-0) thanks to goals scored by Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappé.

A final success in 2021, commented on by coach Didier Deschamps at a press conference.

With Benzema and Mbappé, do you have the right formula?

DIDIER DESCHAMPS.

It's a formula that obviously works, even if it was normal to make some changes.

The Finnish team gave us a hard time.

The entry of Karim (Benzema), as well as that of Kingsley (Coman), brought more weight and allowed us to score these goals with less to defend.

What is your gaze as a football lover on this duo?

It is happiness.

They have this technical relationship that there is also with Antoine (Griezmann) when he is there.

Everything seems easy with them, because they have this technical quality, and this complementarity too.

Karim has a formidable efficiency, Kylian too.

He confirms all the talent he has.

Now, I'm going to put them in ice cubes so that they stay cool (laughs) ... They will have a lot of games with their club anyway, before the next meeting of the France team.

It still requires repetition, but it is sure that the combination of these talents allows the France team to be even more efficient.

What did you miss in the first half to be more dangerous?

Our opponent was very well regrouped.

There was a lot of density.

We lacked verticality, a little movement too.

At the end of the first half, they were given some ammunition on loss of bullets.

Finland had a very important goal, we knew it, we were there at the start without creating a lot of chances.

We spun the ball without being able to finish in the box.

To read also Finland-France (0-2): the notes of the Blues

What do you remember from this year 2021?

The results are still positive, if I rule out the 10 minutes of distraction which were fatal to us (Editor's note: at the Euro in front of Switzerland).

We win the Nations League, we qualify without trembling.

We end the calendar year undefeated even if some, like me, will think that the match against Switzerland looks like a defeat.

The France team has once again proven its quality, its good state of mind and its mentality.

She confirms that she remains very competitive.

It is a source of pride for me.

There have been improvements.

There are still things that could be improved, but through the matches that we were able to do at the end of the year, we showed superior control and we were also more dangerous for the opponent.

Coman, in this system, is it your best find?

It takes repetition to have more automatisms.

I was convinced and still am that the position of the three offensive players is the best for us.

For the rest, the option of Kingsley in this role of corridor brings a lot on the offensive plan, like what Theo Hernandez can do since his debut with us, on the other side.

It brings weight and, faced with extremely grouped teams, we manage to have more solutions.

I find that with this system, we manage to defend better, to have more control and to be more dangerous.

Why have Dubois aligned rather than Pavard in the right piston and how is he after his injury?

It's not benign, he felt a muscle problem on acceleration and stopped right away.

It will take a few weeks I think.

I made a choice, I won't go into details.

I thought it was best for the France team, also taking into account the situation of the two players, especially their confidence lately.

What does the 27 consecutive unbeaten matches in official competition mean to you?

And also 13 away games without defeat ... The quality is there, with, as I have done at several times, the arrival of new players, young and old.

We also need this oxygenation, it is necessary that those who are there do not fall asleep and maintain the level of requirement as was the case on Tuesday.

We had to confirm our status and it's great to end the calendar year with this victory here.

Source: leparis

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