"I do not reason in a defensive perspective", insists Deschamps again

Didier Deschamps refutes the idea of ​​an overly defensive French team.

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Invited to speak at length in the columns of

 this Friday, Didier Deschamps took stock of this strange year 2020 marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, the overhaul of the international calendar and the matches behind closed doors.

Without necessarily being pushed, the coach also returned to the case of Olivier Giroud who, he promises us, "is still here for a long time given his last performances".

But enough has been written about the tricolor striker to allow ourselves not to go into details.

We know anyway that the Gire will be at the Euro, except injury, transfer to National 2 or extraterrestrial invasion on the eve of the start of the competition.

No, what is more interesting - even if, here too, it is not a great novelty - is to hear DD talk about his coaching philosophy and the borrowing he wants to give to his team.

Asked about the different systems tested for several months (4-4-2 diamond, flat, 3-5-2, 4-3-3), the double world champion explained that he wanted "to use other systems in competition, with the ax behind, to have benchmarks ”.

“I want to use the one that will allow my team to be the most dangerous offensively.

I do not reason in a defensive perspective, ”he defended himself, thereby evoking the criticisms of the sometimes unambitious game of his team.

"We were incredibly efficient"

The critics ?

“I don't have a problem personally,” he said.

But the French team in general is much more recognized abroad than at home.

We are world champions.

And the champion is the one who has been better than the others.

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“It's fine to say that we had a defensive style at the World Cup.

But Spain, which had a monopoly of possession in 2010, were the champions scoring four goals from the knockout games.

We put eleven!, Rightly reminds the French coach.

We didn't master everything but the players felt strong in our structure, being lower.

This did not prevent us from making attacks that are placed, fast and built.

We were incredibly efficient.

We still are with a high chances-goals ratio.

On this point, it is impossible to prove him wrong indeed.

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