Despite the elimination, there is "no problem" with Ripoll for Le Graët

Elimination in the quarterfinals of the Euro hopes, at the end of May.

Elimination in the group stage of the Olympic Games at the end of July.

In two months, Sylvain Ripoll, the coach of these two teams, experienced two big disappointments.

On Wednesday, the Blues were taken out of the Tokyo Games after another catastrophic performance (0-4 against Japan).

Only one victory (a small miracle against South Africa) and two big defeats (against Mexico and the Japanese).

Despite this result, Noël Le Graët, the president of the French Football Federation, wanted to support Sylvain Ripoll, in an interview with the

 : “There is no problem.

If we won all our games, all the time, it would be too easy.

Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose.

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"It was complicated to create this group"

The leader of the FFF explains this fiasco by the environment around this team, with players not released by their clubs, a friendly match canceled at the last minute…: “[Sylvain Ripoll] did not have it easy.

Go on a two or three day course, play friendly and then jump in with a last-minute team.

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“It was complicated to create this group.

We were not up to our opponents.

We did what we could with the elements available to the coach, ”summarized midfielder Lucas Tousart.

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