Football – The French team lost to Italy on Friday evening at the Parc des Princes (1-3), after another poor collective performance.
At the Parc des Princes,
Let’s get this straight from the start. Yes, we jumped like goats in the 2022 World Cup final when Kylian Mbappé equalised against Argentina. Yes, we broke our voices when they won the World Cup four years earlier. Yes, we also knocked over a cup of coffee when Dimitri Payet scored a monumental goal against Romania at Euro 2016. Yes, Didier Deschamps has made our hair stand on end since he took over the French national football team.
But, like the shortest stories that are often the best, DD’s with the Blues is starting to get old and, twelve years after his appointment, we can feel that the thrills of the beginnings are giving way to the routine of everyday life. The one that doesn’t make waves, the one that takes away your sparkling eye when you wake up, the one that makes you put on and put back on your T-shirt with holes in the armpits while mumbling: “Boaaarf, it’s okay.” Except that now, it’s not okay anymore, Didier.
The magic of the Olympic Games has vanished
After a soporific Euro in the game, where they still managed to reach the semi-finals we don’t know how, the Blues started again on the same bases in this 2024-2025 return, with a new defeat, Friday against Italy (1-3), then (…) - 20minutes
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