Q: What message did you send to the players after this close, disappointing and quite cruel result?
A: "That they fought well. We gave everything tonight, we fought well but it didn't pay off, especially in the second half. Efficiency fled us again tonight. We missed the efficiency, the fact of concretizing our highlights, we had the opportunities. It didn't want to come back tonight, we had a lot of difficulties."
France coach Corinne Deacon comforts goalkeeper Pauline Peyraud-Magnin after Les Bleues lost 2-1 to Germany in the Euro semi-finals on July 27, 2022 in Milton Keynes (England) ADRIAN DENNIS AFP
Q: The two days less recovery, compared to Germany, were they able to play?
A: "We saw some French players a little below their usual level. We didn't give up despite everything. If we had had 48 more hours, we don't know what the match would have been tonight We must not take away the performance of this German team which lived up to its rank. We came across a great team, powerful, athletic, efficient."
Q: In terms of good news, it seems that you have a united group, now focused on the World Cup-2023?
A: "Everything is not to be thrown away. At the moment T, disappointment prevails. We cannot be satisfied with losing. We have built things, there is a solid base. We still need a little time. Tonight was not our night, this competition was perhaps not ours. But in any case the foundation is solid, we have built something important with a very friendly, hardworking and who doesn't like to lose, it bodes well for the future."
Comments collected at a press conference by Jérémy TALBOT
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