Deschamps: "Patience, but not that"

"Patience, it will certainly, but not that," said the coach of the French Didier Deschamps team on Thursday before facing Uruguay in the quarter-finals of the Mondial-2018 in Nizhny Novogorod

. The defense, "they have that in the genes"

"Uruguay's profile is different from that of Argentina, patience will certainly be needed, but not that." The Uruguay team is very well organized defensively, it takes very few goals.The defense is in their culture, they have it in the genes.There is the South American quality in the defensive gesture, aggression, intelligence , the use of the body, the arms … They know how to do that And this gift of self When they do not have the ball, they defend all This is the conclusion of this World Cup: when the teams are well prepared, with a defensive system in place, they leave little space and it is complicated.The very good nations in the possession, we can not say that this World Cup gives them reason.This team is very effective also offensively, in the transition phase to switch from defensive to offensive, with a verticalization of the game, a jou like Bentancur, which speeds up the game well and two formidable attackers. The relationship between Suarez and Cavani is very good, they are often looking for specific positions. The team is also very good in the set pieces. "

Without Cavani," it will not change the face of Uruguay "

" I prepare my team in the case where there is in Cavani. Oscar Tabarez has other options, with Stuani, a very good forward, who scored 21 goals with Girona, including ten in the lead, and Rodriguez, another profile. Cavani is Cavani, he is a player of the world top, he made a very good start of competition, and since he plays in France, we know him very well. But if he is not there, it will not change the face of Uruguay. Cavani's quality is certainly above that of many other forwards, but that does not mean that Stuani and Rodriguez have any qualities, even if they are different. "

Mbappé still in learning "

" That's fine, what he did against Argentina, it put even more light on what he is able to do, and on such a match, the sound box is more important. He had time to digest, he recovered, like the whole group. We had six days; Sunday and Monday were bad times to savor, and as of Tuesday he has recovered, that's the high level. The Uruguayans know what he is capable of, he will have to repeat what he did in the last match. Although he's doing very well at age 19, he still has a lot of room for improvement in managing those moments. When we have difficult moments, we tend to question ourselves and work, to have more teeth; when things are going well, you have to be careful not to relax, to think that everything is easy, that life is beautiful … Kylian is someone who is intelligent, listening, he knows that. Rocking, he did it in club: he changed galaxy from Monaco to PSG, where the requirements are not the same, and there in France team they are even higher. Despite everything he does well, he is still learning. At this age, we learn. "

A" deep respect "for Tabarez

" I have a deep respect, it's been 12 years since he was at the head of Uruguay, he has does a remarkable job. There are 3.5 million people, they are supposed to be less football than in some countries, but that did not stop the national team to be very successful, with a semifinal at the 2010 World Cup. Tabarez is still here. I would not go so far as admiration, but I have great respect for what he has done and continues to do. "

Remarks at a press conference