The French team can be relieved. Kylian Mbappé’s teammates reached the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 thanks to the victory acquired against Belgium this Monday, July 1, by the smallest of margins (1-0). This result was enough to make Didier Deschamps, the coach of the Blues, happy: “We had a big match against a great team. It was tight even though we had a lot more possession and chances. We had a lot of situations and shots off target. We have done a lot of very, very good things, we must savor, not trivialize. We’re in the quarter-finals, they’re going home”he reacted to the microphone of beIN Sport.
An offensive failure not worrying according to Deschamps
Still on the same channel, the scorer of the day was very happy: ” I had this chance to try, to frame, and it was blocked. We are very happy and very proud.” Despite everything, the Blues have still not recorded the slightest achievement in the game during the European Championship.
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Not a source of concern for “DD”. He continued: “I never really doubted, we have the quality to score. » It will now be necessary to prove it in the next round, against the winner of Portugal – Slovenia.
The Belgians only missed five minutes
In the Belgian camp, frustration logically took over at the end of the match. “It was a good plan until 5 minutes leftnotably judged Kevin De Bruyne, the captain of the Red Devils. He didn’t miss much, we had a plan today and we did well. Of course, we knew that with the qualities of France we would not have possession. We had moments to be dangerous, it’s a shame to concede the goal like that. But it’s football. »
