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Football: after the disaster against Germany, should we be worried about the Blues?

2024-03-24T16:03:51.834Z

Highlights: France lost 2-0 to Germany in their opening Euro 2016 qualifier in Lyon. Didier Deschamps' side have work to do ahead of the Euro 2016 finals in June and July. The French boss says: 'The main person responsible is me' The French public was unimpressed with the performance of his side. Kylian Mbappé remains prostrate at the central circle, hand on hips, staring into space. Apart from Ousmane Dembélé, the only Frenchman to try to stem general apathy, the collective…


DECRYPTION - Outclassed by the Germans in Lyon, the world vice-champions have work to do ahead of the Euro.


Special envoy to Lyon

The main person responsible is me.

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Shortly before midnight on Saturday evening, Didier Deschamps did not shy away when he presented himself, with a defeated face and cautious phrasing, in front of the media after the lesson he received against Germany (0-2).

Less than three months before the Euro (June 14-July 14), the boss of the Blues did not expect such an evening, in a Groupama Stadium which emptied in the 80th minute, a sign of the sad spectacle offered by his men.

Is this first setback of the year, during the first match, worrying in view of the big summer meeting?

Response elements.

A collective shipwreck

At the final whistle, and under the bronca of the Lyon public, Kylian Mbappé remains prostrate at the central circle, hand on hips, staring into space.

The captain of the Blues knows it, he missed his appointment.

His partners too.

Not one to catch up with the other.

Apart from Ousmane Dembélé, the only Frenchman to try to stem general apathy, the collective…

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Source: lefigaro

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