FLASH
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"Unmasked". Eloquent is the title of the front page of "L'Equipe", a day after the elimination of France in the semi-finals of the European Championship. An exit from the scene with a "bitter" taste, which questions some elements.
Starting from the leadership of Didie Deschamps, despite having reached the semi-final target, set by the federal president Filip Dialo, who is not the same one who renewed his contract until 2026, after the World Cup final lost on penalties to Argentina in 2022 , in Qatar.
A tour that was certainly more brilliant in terms of the proposed game in Germany, which had temporarily removed the shadow of Zidane.
Harsh is the comment of Vincent Duluk, the main journalist of the French sports daily, who speaks of a "bad" match, lost due to the "inadequacy" of a team that showed "an incomplete version of itself until the end ".
Indeed, the defeat against France is "a deeper and more painful failure", because "the best team of the last two World Cups was dribbled as cadets" by Spain.
This European Championship was an "attacking failure, aggravated by the decline of Zhiru and Griezmann, by the difficulties of Mbape and the insistence of Deschamps to limit Barkola's playing time".
In short, France was given "a football lesson". Or a "Spanish lesson", as the capital newspaper "Le Parisien" writes a little more ironically. For the French national team, "it is better to avoid thinking about the World Cup, without reflecting on what happened in Germany".
Beyond the immediate faults of Griezmann and above all of captain Mbappe, the main accused remains Deschamps, whose "failure" cannot be disguised as that of his attackers, writes "L'Equipe", leaving Germany " without finding the best solution to score goals".
France scored very few goals, producing a game that was often heavily criticized at home and abroad. However, qualification for the semi-finals had calmed the waters, which were destined to change in the coming days, despite the manager in charge since 2012 publicly taking responsibility for the defeat, stating:
"My players were not all at 100%. In the European Championship, we should have been at our best, but on the contrary, we fell short of everyone's expectations. I make no excuses, but we reached the semi-finals. Now, everyone will do their own analysis".
The president had confirmed Deschamps a month ago, "because he has a contract that expires in 2026 and the results are in his favor". However, voices are being raised again in France to request the coach's resignation, as "RmcSport" columnist Daniel Riolo openly does: "Let him go play padel".
In recent days, Kristof Dugarri repeated his criticism after the victory over Portugal. The former teammate of Deschamps has always supported the candidacy of Zidane, who has been waiting for his turn since he left the bench of Real Madrid in 2021. The continuation of Deschamps or the "promotion" of Zidane to the bench of France? The debate has just begun…
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