The coach returned to the Blues on Saturday the day after his father's funeral.
Twenty-four hours before the second match of the League of Nations in Croatia, the coach spoke this Sunday during the press conference.
He notably returned to the defensive concerns and announced that the Parisian defender Presnel Kimpembe would be captain, for the first time, against the vice-world champion.
Have you seen the match against Denmark?
How do you explain the defensive concerns in depth?
DIDIER DESCHAMPS.
I saw it and saw it again.
There are things we need to do better on the lineout when the ball carrier is off target.
When you are in a 3 defense, the three of the axis must be aligned.
It works.
These are situations that can be repeated.
When the carrier is not framed, the danger is the depth.
Are you worried about Antoine Griezmann's complicated season and his Friday night game?
You have your own analysis.
Antoine does not come in the best of moods.
In the France team, he has often been very good and influential.
There is no worry.
It's the end of the season and it's complicated for many players who have had a busy year.
They have less freshness.
Against Denmark, it wasn't Antoine's best match but I'm not going to judge him on a single match.
Will Mike Maignan start tomorrow?
Is the quality of his kicking game an asset for you?
Yes he has a good kicking game.
There are 4 games.
This is an opportunity to be able to distribute the playing time. There are two very good goalkeepers but Hugo remains the captain and the holder even if Mike will have playing time tomorrow.
Have you recorded Kylian Mbappé's package?
There is a small problem due to a contusion but it is not irreparable otherwise it would not have come.
We will see for tomorrow but there are two games behind.
He will not participate in the session like 4 other players (Benzema, Kanté, Coman and Koundé).
I will wait until tomorrow to take stock with the medical staff.
Is there pressure against Croatia?
There is no need.
Since Friday evening we know that it is a sudden stop.
Then is it an accident or not?
We did some good things against Denmark against a very good team.
After a loss, you have to bounce back.
It's not easy because Croatia have quality even though they lost in Austria.
We want to start off on the right foot.
We still have the same goal.
When we lose before, we want to reverse the trend.
Have you spoken with Karim Benzema about his choice not to appeal the sextape case?
No, I didn't talk about it and I don't want to talk about it today.
What do you expect from Wissam Ben Yedder to be more influential in attack?
He will play with the qualities that we know.
He is an effective scorer in his register, very skilful in the short game and the finish.
How do you explain that the players have trouble with the alignment?
We must also recognize that the adversary has qualities.
We have this ability to score goals.
Sometimes we are less solid defensively.
We must do better.
We work on it too.
This margin of error must be reduced.
Is it good to play in the Nations League?
It's a great competition.
We had the pleasure of winning it.
It's better than friendly matches but it's not easy to play it because we are at the end of the season.
We will only have one meeting in September and no friendly matches before the World Cup.
We adapt like all national teams.
What do you think of Croatia?
There was more dynamism among the Austrians than the Croats on Friday (beaten 0-3).
We are used to playing them.
They have quality.
Both teams will aim to get off to a good start.