After the match against Italy (3-1) last night, Mike Maignan released strong words at the microphone of TF1: “When we play as a team like that, when we work hard for each other, we can do great things. These are performances that must be repeated and it is worthy of the French team“. By these words, some saw it as a little dig launched against Kylian Mbappé or even Antoine Griezmann, whose absences have caused a lot of talk in recent weeks. An interpretation which did not fail to annoy Didier Deschamps at a press conference: “That's your interpretation. I know that in life there can be negative people, twisted people. Stop! Mike speaks from his heart, don't go interpreting things. He talks about the players who were there. You are already starting on things… It will be taken up, you will have debates, whatever you want, go for it! He talks about the players who were there, I told you. If you want to talk about Kylian again, it's complicated for him, leave him alone and I'm convinced that he will regain full possession of his means.” he warned in comments reported by RMC Sport.
Deschamps gets annoyed (again) for Mbappé!
Although he may have seemed annoyed, the Blues coach was nevertheless a proud man after the success of his troops at San Siro: “It's a lot of pride in what we achieved, three days after a match where we lacked efficiency, even if Israel beat Belgium (1-0). This is the lot of big teams where you always, always have to… The context was different. We did a lot of very good things, starting with the offensive players in positioning. It's been a while since we scored from a set piece. Winning here is always a source of pride” he confided in comments reported by L'Equipe before concluding: “It's always good to win the last game in November because the next one is in four months. Criticism…it's part of life. I have elements, I set objectives… I know that there are very high expectations. These six matches were to be used to see new players. This will complicate my choices for the future but it is a very good thing to have had this very great match this evening (Sunday).“
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Didier Deschamps, the coach of the France team, did not hide his annoyance after a new question about Kylian Mbappé. After the match against Italy (3-1) last night, Mike Maignan released strong words at the microphone of TF1. With these words, some saw it as a small dig launched against Kylian Mbappé or even Antoine Griezmann, whose absences have caused a lot of talk in recent weeks. An interpretation which did not fail to annoy Didier Deschamps at a press conference.
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