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A star on the shirt and another in the eyes. The World Cup final on Sunday (17.00) in Moscow against Croatia is fast approaching. And two years after the one of the Euro-2016, lost, the Blues want this time to raise the trophy.
"We did not arrive so far to let go … I know the taste of the defeat in the final, it is really not good, very bitter … We will not approach it like the Euro, we really want to finish well, with a smile, "said Paul Pogba, new boss of the France team.
Being Germany (2-0 in the semifinal, ed), we thought that was the final. Against the Portuguese, with their course, we thought it was won
The middle of Manchester United wants to believe that the lessons of the final of the European Championship lost against Portugal (1-0 ap) have have been selected. "We thought it was already done, the mentality was not the same," said Pogba, "Frankly, when we won the race
in advance, that was our mistake. the same, we are all aware, concentrated. "
Pogba took another dimension in the Russian tournament, after a difficult season in the club, where his coach José Mourinho did not hesitate to send him to wax the bench of substitutes Many times.
But during the World Cup-2018, the player of the "Red Devils" has, over the matches, simplified his game, given the voice and took his share of ungrateful defensive tasks, as when he stuck to the marking of the star of Belgium, Eden Hazard, in the semifinal
– 'Always been a leader' –
"Paul, I've known him for a number of years, he's always been a leader. he can talk, give advice, he is someone who is very much listened to in the group, "confirmed defender Samuel Umtiti, who was close to Pogba at the U20 World title in 2013.
" After, we had to evolve during the competition, still decrypts the player from Barcelona, I think he also knew how to challenge himself, he helped the group to move forward thanks to his performances and his work ".
"I think that he has made even more efforts to work for the collective, it is on this point where he has really progressed.Outside, it is always the same, smiling, with the good mood, "adds" Big Sam ", author of the goal of the head that eliminated the Belgians in the semifinals (1-0).
The Belgians were also given winners by many prognosticers after dismissing Neymar's Brazil in the quarter-finals. What make French favorites. A trap?
– "They want one" –
"The status of favorite? We do not think about it, badures Pogba. The Croats did not let go against England, they lost 1-0 and they came back "to win (2-1) after extra time."
And then Pogba knows that the checkered team is on a mission. Twenty years ago, at the 1998 World Cup, Lilian Thuram eliminated Croatia twice (2-1) in the semifinals to take the Blues to the world title.
"For sure, the Croats do not have a star, they want one, they have a very good race, they want the victory, like us," warned Pogba. The members of the Croatian government also took part in a cabinet meeting on Thursday a checkered jersey.
Didier Deschamps was captain of the Blues 20 years ago in this semifinal. "He has a star, something that few coaches have, he won with France, he was a great player, a captain, already a leader", is satisfied Pobga.
If Deschamps wins the Cup again As a coach, he would become the third man to achieve this kind of double, after the Brazilian Mario Zagallo and the German Franz Beckenbauer
What does his Croatian counterpart Zlatko Dalic think? "Deschamps has already won a World Cup, while I have nothing in my trophy cupboard, so maybe I'll have a bigger motivation … I'm kidding."
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