The suspense was unbearable (absolutely not). A little more than two weeks after the pitiful elimination of the Blues at the Euro against Switzerland, the president of the French Football Federation formalized what everyone already knew: namely that Didier Deschamps will remain in office at least until 'at the World Cup in Qatar. According to Noël Le Graët, who gave a lively interview to our colleagues from

Le Figaro

, the decision was not long to take. "I received it at length on Wednesday at Guingamp, the question was settled in three minutes", he declared in the preamble, adding that there was "no break or end of cycle" despite the big disappointment of the summer.

“His will is very strong to continue, mine was too.

There was no debate on "what are we doing?"

and "how do we do it?"

I have esteem for him, I think he returns it to me and to the Federation as well.

In any case, because of his record in the first place, he did not deserve not to continue.

The question for me was whether or not he wanted to continue.

It was decided, already in the process of preparing for the back-to-school matches, to plan for the future.

I have infinite confidence in this man.

There is no debate ”, continued the boss of the 3F.

Benzema and the late return to Blue

The Breton also admitted that neither he nor the coach had found an answer to the question that everyone is still asking today: “How could we have taken two goals in ten minutes against the Swiss?

At 3-1, him like you, like me, we thought we had won, ”he said.

And so we… If he did not engage in a long self-criticism to explain the causes of such a failure in Bucharest, the president of the Fed nevertheless admitted that it would perhaps have been better to integrate Karim Benzema a little earlier, history that it finds its marks before the start of the competition.

“We brought up the subject together, and we came to the same conclusion, maybe he should have played one or two more games before.

But it's like that.

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