“Why this scoop? »… How the coach took the TF1 teams by surprise

Beneath his appearance of not touching it, Didier Deschamps masters the art of the counterbalance like no one else. From the recall of Karim Benzema on the eve of Euro 2021, to that of N’Golo Kanté last summer, the French coach is not the last when it comes to taking everyone by surprise. He demonstrated it again perfectly on Wednesday, by announcing his future departure from the Blues without anyone at TF1 having been warned of the media bombshell that he was going to pose between the pear and the cheese.

Originally coming simply to talk about the launch of the Yellow Pieces operation, DD took advantage of a transition from the presenter of the “1 p.m. news” Anne-Sophie Lacarrau on the subject of the end of Emmanuel Macron’s mandate to announce his big news. He tried in vain to pass the pill as if nothing had happened, specifying that he had not come to the TF1 set to “make an announcement”, seeing the reaction of Brigitte Macron, sitting at his sides, eyes wide, the announcement had its little effect. And the presenter of “1 p.m.” added, taken aback, “Ah, will you stop? Well, that’s an announcement! “.

Asked by The TeamAnne-Sophie Lacarrau confirmed Thursday that none of this had been prepared and that no one at TF1 had been informed. “The question was prepared but it was not planned for him to make this announcement. When I go to greet him with makeup, I don’t feel at all like a man about to make this kind of statement. When we are in this situation, we are warned in advance, the person tells you: “Be careful, I am going to make an announcement in your newspaper”. There, that was not the case at all, I think he was picked,” relates the journalist.

“During the recording, I am absolutely surprised and I don’t hide it on the air. Brigitte Macron is just as much, we see those big, quite amazed eyes. Moreover, as soon as the interview ends, she is the first to react by saying: “But why this scoop now?” “, she continues.

That’s true, why this scoop now?

Because Deschamps judged that it would be now, quite simply. The double world champion is not the type of person to act on instinct, without having thought it through carefully. However, he must have thought that it was better to resolve this matter before the questions of his future come back to the table at the time of the next gathering in March, for the quarter-final of the League of Nations against Croatia . By choosing to control the schedule rather than submit to it, DD ensures obvious peace of mind.

Because if the questions will not fail to arise during his next press conference with the Blues, he also knows that time will have already done its work and that the subject will have been covered at length and breadth by the press. The master of clocks has struck again, it remains to be seen what impact such an announcement will have on his group next March. But, always according to The Teamif the players were also taken by surprise, this should not change their way of understanding their arrival in the selection. It’s up to them to do everything to give their great Raïs the grand exit he deserves.