Leader according to Deschamps, card cheat according to his teammates.
Present at a press conference this Wednesday, on the eve of the Nations League match between France and Israel at the Stade de France, Didier Deschamps appeared slightly less tense facing the press than he was two days earlier when announcing his list of 23 players. Brought to specify the role of captain N’Golo Kantéwho preceded him on the microphone a few minutes earlier, DD recalled that the Al-Ittihad player “has always been a leader” in EDF even without a biceps cuff, “its driving role on the ground” giving him “real recognition in the locker room” despite his rare speaking out.
Focus despite context
Also questioned about the heavy context surrounding the meeting, marked by the Israeli-Palestinian conflictDD wanted to confirm that if “no one within the French team can remain indifferent to it”the staff made sure to “prepare as normally as possible” Thursday’s match, so as to “validate the objective of qualifying for the quarter-finals” of the League of Nations. Questioned again about the Mbappé case, Deschamps once again kicked into touch, imploring the journalists “to leave Kylian alone”.
Time (finally) for football.
N’Golo Kanté will regain the armband of the Blues
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