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Of the win, but also a bit of madness clinging to crampons have raised France to a rank she had almost lost sight of. The budding Blues, the youngest French team in history (26 years average), are in the final.
In the bus, his place is at the front, near his deputy, Guy Stéphan . A place of observer to follow the pack with an amused but discreet eye. And enjoy … keeping his distance. Friday, July 6, on the road that brings the team of France back to his base camp, in Istra, Deschamps savor a happiness whose exhilarating power he knows. Already, in the dressing room of the Nizhny Novgorod stadium, standing on the tables, the trio Ousmane Dembélé, Presnel Kimpembe and Benjamin Mendy -21, 22 and 23-years-howled his joy. "And we won! And we scored! Others hit the boxes of aluminum equipment.
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By putting knock out the very rough Uruguayan defense, France has joins the last square of the World Cup, composed only of European teams. What no one had planned. As no one had planned that Russia would beat Spain, nor South Korea, Germany … Rarely the French dressing room experienced such a scene of ecstasy. The young team will sing, dance until they return to base camp, located an hour away from Moscow.
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At the back of the bus, Kimpembe, portable speaker in one hand, Smartphone in the other, plays DJs alongside Pogba, Umtiti, Mandanda, Mendy, and feeds his Instagram account into video pellets. Generation 2018 requires. Certainly, France-Argentina, full of action, goals (4-3) and twists, will remain in the history of French football. But this is not the kind of performance Deschamps is looking for. From the beginning, he aims the "twenty years after" way musketeers … The victory, as in 1998. And he managed, after five games, to make France the favorite of the competition. The performance, especially for these young players some of whom made their world debut (Mbappé was not even born in July 1998, his first World Cup memories go back to the legendary "Panenka" of Zizou in 2006), will be to keep a cool head
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The coach had a rough start to the competition. The non-selection of Benzema, one of the best French scorers, star striker of Real Madrid, on behalf of the team dynamics, the whim of Rabiot, who refused to be part of the reservists, or the shadow of Zidane, resigned Madrid, which is always dreaming of France, have been added to the criticism in numbers: a team too young, matches without blows of brilliance. No defensive base or inspiration
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Deschamps locked up players in an entrenched camp and in" elements of language. "Left to launch the press on false tracks
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] Deschamps reads little, if at all. This does not mean that nothing comes back to him. Critics are part of the game, but when they are systematic, he does not understand. He never knew the shoot-off that had to face Aime Jacquet. Which will eventually be carried in triumph, but will proclaim after the 1998 World Cup: "I will never forgive.
Christophe Dugarry's "I can not stand to watch this French team", after the dull draw against Denmark in the group stage, where Emmanuel Petit -Didier's criticism would play too much security- have not changed his strategy. For him, they have exceeded the limits, but it does not change its objectives. The first is largely achieved: lock the communication. He locked the players in an entrenched camp and in "elements of language". Left to launch the press on false tracks. The atmosphere, we reserve the backstage and, better yet … the field.
The method allowed him to protect his group and make it progress: 2014, quarter-finals of the World Cup in Brazil. The Blues fall against Germany, who will be crowned. 2016: final of the Euro against Portugal
For six years at the head of the French team, "DD" imposes his leg. His record, one of the most impressive French football, naturally inspires respect. A past champion who he speaks very rarely to his players. "He does not want to use this, he wants to be recognized for his coaching skills," says one in his entourage.
Intransigence, seriousness, total rigor, attention to detail regularly come back when we talk about Trademark Deschamps. To this we can add the culture of winning, with a legendary chance. "His method is based on exchange and listening," says Guy Stephan, the man from the shadows since 2009. Didier Deschamps talks a lot with his players, during collective discussions or as an aside. If he scolds one during a debriefing, he will see him the next day at the end of the training for a tete-a-tete of a few minutes.
Deschamps does not give nicknames to his players. When he's rooming them, it's nicely
After the pool match against Australia (2-1), DD compares the statistics of both teams: France ran 110kilometers, Australia 115 … "C It is as if you were 10 against 11. "Then he addresses Mbappé in particular:" You are the best sprinter in the world but, in this match, you are the one who did the least sprints. Two games later, Kylian will be clocked at 32.4km / h. And it is the whole team of France who will take the next step.
The coach alternates directives and "hugotherapy". Like Friday, July 6 in Nizhny Novgorod where, after an altercation with the Urugay camp, Kylian Mbappé, accused of simulation, receives a yellow card and discovers a furious coach, screaming on the edge of the field seeing the arrival of the spectrum of the red card . "I did not really want to lose it on that one compared to the games that were waiting for us," explained Deschamps the next day. At the end of the meeting, he was hugging him
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<p> Deschamps does not give nicknames to his players When he brings them to the room, it is nicely. hair and outfits, it's a parade. "This Bayonne native is hardly talkative, he easily adapted to the" Z generation ", which has easy zapping.It is short but powerful. The coach has strong words that motivate, "notes Pavard, a 22-year-old North American right-winger who, since his outstanding goal against Argentina, has won him the challenge of youth. <br /> Very knowledgeable about his life23, the coach regularly asks them for news of their loved ones A day with the families gold ganized after France-Denmark, third match of hens, warmed the hearts. Some barbecues created links, and a nightclub outing, the day after the success against Argentina, was even allowed. That evening, several tricolors joined, on board shuttles with tinted windows, an establishment of north-west of Moscow. The return to base camp, however, was hectic. Chahting in the corridors, the youngest set off on a battle of fire extinguishers that triggered the hotel's fire alarm and woke up the rest of the delegation. </p>
<h2> The Blues got their moment of euphoria , of which Deschamps also knows the dangers </h2>
<p> On the social networks as in press conference, the Bleus display their good humor and their pleasure to live together. "We can not compare men and teams, but this group is quite exceptional," recognizes Noel Le Graet, President of the French Football Federation. "I did not think because I'm one of the oldest team in France, but I rarely enjoyed such a group," insists Adil Rami, 32 years. The Marseille defender pbades the competition to "wax the bench" without getting rid of his good mood. King of anecdote and pun, he is able to give charm to the language of the most tasteless wood: when he describes the team -the pitbull that eats your calves, the customs officer who does not let you pbad even with a soldier's pbadport, the Mobylette-, we no longer see the players in the same way. This unparalleled atmosphere director has become a lucky charm. As formerly the kiss of Laurent Blanc on the bald head of Fabien Barthez, a ritual has been established: come and touch his mustache. Eight years after the World Cup in South Africa and the "bus scene" Knysna, Deschamps accomplished a first feat: turn the page of the chapter of disaffection in the history of the team of France. </p>
<p> Les Bleus have had their moment of euphoria, which Deschamps also knows the dangers. Do not suggest that the hardest is over, that the goal was to qualify for the semi-finals, as announced by President Le Graet. Deschamps knew this drunkenness well as captain of the 1998 team. After their quarter-final against Italy, the Roosters had climbed on the tables to scream with joy. But he, real Jacquet relay on the ground, remained the warlord and tried to cover the shouts with this mantra: "We must go to the end. We'll go, at the end! "We are ready to go to war with him," says valiant Pavard. </p>
<p> Didier Deschamps does not practice the military metaphor. He does not charge a clear sword. He prefers the building, it is more solid: Philippe Tournon, the head of the press, remembers to have heard it, formerly, to present himself with humility as a good mason. Defender in the soul, he continues to dig foundations, to build a wall. But Tournon gives him rank: "Coach, he is a very good architect. Deschamps will never be afraid to build or rebuild. Even less to climb higher. n  @emiliecabot </p>
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