Hugo Lloris told an astonishing anecdote about Didier Deschamps.
This Monday,
the French team faces Belgiumat 6 p.m. in Düsseldorf, in the round of 16 of Euro 2024. A few hours before kick-off, the former captain of the Blues, Hugo Lloris returned to the columns of The team on the victory of the Blues against the Red Devils, in the semi-final of the 2018 World Cup.
If the Blues had won against the Belgians (1-0), thanks to a goal from Samuel Umtiti, they had suffered enormously. A defensive approach that was not wanted by Didier Deschamps but by the players, convinced by the words of Antoine Griezmann.
Lloris: “Deschamps will always blame us for defending too deep”
« The low block? It was us who did it at the time, it was Antoine (Griezmann) who took responsibility “, Hugo Lloris revealed, adding: “ To be in confidence, he (Didier Deschamps) will always criticize us for having defended too low.
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The new Los Angeles FC goalkeeper then spoke about the strengths of this French team led by Didier Deschamps.
“I have been in this locker room and I know this culture of results which takes precedence above all, this approach which has always allowed us to advance in tournaments, said Lloris.
I think France is very solid and that’s really positive for the future, because I see very few teams capable of moving them. With two or three chances converted, the analyses would have changed. (…) When the group stage is over, we forget everything that happened. We’re never as strong, us French, when these matches start.”
