Didier Deschamps understands Raphaël Varane's drop in form.

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In recent months, we often tend to say that for Antoine Griezmann the meetings in the France team are a kind of golden parenthesis, the opportunity to find his friends and the lost confidence, far from the heavy context of Barcelona.

But this time, it's Raphaël Varane that the international window should do the most good.

Pointed out after his cataclysmic match at the end of last season against Manchester City in the Champions League, the Madrid defender is again experiencing an air gap with the

Merengue

this season.

Author of a cap goal against his camp on Saturday (the second of the season after the first csc in C1 against Shaktior) following a completely missed clearance, the Frenchman fully participated in the Madrid sinking (1-4) against Valencia in Mestalla.

Even if he did it on purpose, he wouldn't have succeeded in doing that Varane xD #VALRMA pic.twitter.com/g8EyrJdNt6

- LuvoltMC (@ Luvolt1) November 8, 2020

Deschamps is not alarmed

Which does not worry the coach Didier Deschamps more than that.

"It happens to everyone to have a game or two worse, he said in a press conference before the friendly against Finland on Wednesday.

His team lost, they took goals, he is a defender but it is not only him [the culprit], even if he may be responsible for one goal more than another.

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In any case, for Deschamps the explanation is straightforward.

We come back again and again to the indecent pace imposed on internationals since the start of the season: “This is the third week in a row where the players have had to string together matches every three days with the championship and the Champions League.

Obviously, this leads to less physical intensity, less recovery time, and if the players do not feel 100%, it is normal that they are a little below their level. usual.

“That's good, this first match against Finland counts for nothing or almost, it's time to dream to breathe.

Varane's place in defense and his role within the Blues therefore do not seem threatened in the short term, but the slack should not continue either.

The statutes exist in the France team and the Madrilenian is clearly one of the elephants in the locker room, but there is no shortage of competitors in the post of central defender.

And Didier Deschamps is a pragmatist, we must never forget that.

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