In the turmoil since the defeat against Italy on Friday, Didier Deschamps was booed by the Lyon public against Belgium. Proof of an obvious “disenchantment” with Daniel Riolo.
Didier Deschamps’ popularity is at an all-time low. The Blues’ performances at the Euro have left their mark and the defeat conceded against Italy on Friday, for the French team’s big comeback, has tarnished the coach’s image a little more. On Monday, against Belgium, the former world champion was greeted by boos from the spectators present in Décines, as was Kylian Mbappé, the French captain.
The whistles from the Lyon public did not surprise Daniel Riolo.
“They embody this lack of love, he said on the After Foot microphone on RMC. Deschamps embodies the fact that we are bored when we watch the French team, and Mbappé embodies a little of the disillusionment with this player, his character, everything that has happened over the last year, everything he represents in this football that is going backwards and is no longer popular…”
“Mbappé has been saving Deschamps’ behind all the time since the World Cup”
“The two are linked. Mbappé has been saving Deschamps’ behind non-stop since the 2022 World Cup, he continuedToday Mbappé is mediocre, the French team is not good, even if tonight we will have to underline at least his reaction of pride which is interesting given the context, and there is a Deschamps who finds himself with a team to rebuild.
But for Didier Deschamps, these whistles do not necessarily have to do with the French team. They would be more due to the OL-OM rivalry. “I knew that for various reasons, I didn’t have a huge number of die-hard supporters in Lyon,” he thus launched, assuring that he had not “no problem with that”. The coach of the Blues did not even hear the boos from the public. “I was in the locker room,
he explained. Criticism is part of the life of a footballer, a coach, a selector. There is room for everything, I am not saying he is wrong or he is right, that’s how it is… ”
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