Didier Deschamps, coach of the France team, assumes having positioned Warren Zaire-Emery as leader against Israel (0-0), Thursday even if the experience was not particularly convincing.
The experience was not very conclusive but it still seems to have satisfied Didier Deschamps. The coach of the France team justifies and accepts having positioned Warren Zaire-Emery (18 years old, 6 caps, 1 goal) as playmaker against Israel (0-0), Thursday in the Nations League. A position that is not really natural for the PSG midfielder.
“He had a lot of activity, he made himself available”
“I put him there because he is used to projecting himself quite a bit, with his club too,” explained Deschamps after the meeting. “Faced with a low block, it allowed us to have support for N’Golo (Kanté). He had a lot of activity, he made himself available. He had a very good opportunity where he could have scored. He was not set higher even if it was often higher than Cama (Eduardo Camavinga) and NG (Kanté) but when there is a triangle in the middle, it is not an identical photograph each time. beyond its volume, he has the intelligence. Sometimes, Cama projected himself on the left side. It is not a systematic position but Warren has this quality, this power to be impactful in the last 30 meters of the opponent, through the call and his qualities. passes, even shots, even if, unfortunately, on his occasion, it didn’t result in a goal.”
“DD” also defended having aligned three players with rather identical characteristics in the midfield. “The midfielders don’t have the same profile, ‘NG’ is not Cama, Warren, nor the six midfielders who are there. Some can play in the same position but it’s not the same register. Even if the midfielders have a more defensive label, they must be complete, there is the offensive contribution I do not see a problem in this regard.
More generally, the former technician from Monaco, Juventus and OM explains that he was disappointed with the commitment of his team. And he made it known at halftime. “Yes, I told them, this is not what was planned,” he said. “We took too much time in the transmissions, to gain speed by passing, accelerating or dribbling. The few times we did it, we put them in difficulty but we didn’t have it done quite often. I’m on my bench, I can see. We started timidly, on tiptoe.”
Nicolas Couet with Arthur Perrot and Valentin Jamin
