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The match against Argentina was the key, then we learned that we could become world champions
The French coach Didier Descan entered the press room. FIFA vice-genius Zvonimir Boban was giving him the lead of a world champion when 7-8 world champions invaded and shouted. The Wakhanliya took an unprecedented scale – the footballers sang songs, and Paul Pogba climbed onto the table and started spraying champagne from an open bottle. When the midfielder was emptied and the other players picked up the bottles of water on the table, they kicked them out and started polishing the coach and the reporters. Pugba took the ball that was still there – at every press conference, and threw it in the front row. The colleague barely managed to bend over to avoid being slammed on the head. The footballers sang for a few minutes and finally let Deschan convince them to leave. There was only Pugba left, who tried to pick up the water from the table, but who finally found an empty bottle and the last carriage. He waited for him to come out and, with a smile, he started talking to reporters.
– They are now swam in happiness. Our team is very young. 14 of the players did not play until here in a world championship. I am extremely happy about them. They showed an incredible spirit and always struggle until the end. These qualities were crucial during the World Cup. Teams that claimed to be more ranked than ours did not have that. Here, in the first half of the season, little things were happening but we still scored. We are world champions and need to remember them. Oh, honestly, I dressed tonight three times. Do not think I'm always going to a press conference like this on a T-shirt. There is nothing terrible about it.
– You are the third to become world champion as a player and coach. What does this mean for you?
It's a great honor for me to win the world in both roles. But it is also an amazing experience. My son is 22 years old, so I know very well what it means for the younger generation of France to be world champion. Let the young boys feel this joy with us. Yeah – some time ago, they were crazy about you here, but they did not know that they were world champions. These are the 23 players who are connected to each other in everything. After this final, their life will change. They will never be the same again. Nothing better can happen to a professional footballer. Before I do that, two other people did it. Yes, I have a personal pride, but I am much happier to see the pride of the faces of my boys. At Babe, 19, I want even more success. In 1998, we had Trezegger, 20, and Henri was very young. I am still very happy with these young players
How did you work psychologically with the team? Psychologists, of course, have everywhere, everyone can turn to them. But we also try to communicate with the players to help them feel inseparable from the group. More is the selection of players and the combination of their qualities. The balance must exist not only in the field but also on a personal level. This also applies to coaching staff, I can not do everything alone. My head is unique – it's a great example for the players, all the problems are mostly solved by my helpers. Sometimes I can be hard and bad, but it does not give me pleasure. Players understand why everything is done. Throughout the tournament, we gained confidence in our own strengths. Soon, there will be a movie about the national team and you will see everything. When we lost 1: 2 of Argentina to change the course of the match and win, the boys had to "grow 15 cm" to become stronger. In fact, the first games were the most complex
– Why did teams like Germany, Argentina, Brazil and others give up prematurely? What France did differently from them to avoid this fate
– I do not like to talk about luck, but I've never seen a world championship like this one. The teams who were paper outsiders arrived very well prepared, showed a super defensive protection. This strikes favorites who have an otherwise wonderful technique. Football is currently the case – if you defend yourself well, you will certainly have 2 or 3 chances to score a counterattack. In this championship there were wonderful goals, interesting scenarios, but in terms of intensity it was very complicated. This matched in large part the big and the small teams.
– After the match with Denmark, you said that the team started to increase the turnover.
– We already had a complicated match with Peru, and neither we nor Denmark had much to do with the win. Then another championship started, with teams from another clbad coming – like Argentina. The victory over Argentina changed a lot for us, psychologically helped us. Today, too, there were many goals scored, but not the talent is the most important, and psychology.
– Did you think you could become world champions after Argentina? Still, it's a great team with Leo Messi, we managed to reverse his movement. I've carefully selected the title team then. After the match against Argentina, we had time to feel confident and with Uruguay we played even better. Our appetite increases with every next game.
– You are already in the pantheon of French football. What are you going to do?
– I will do my best to decide the next tasks that will be entrusted to us. It hurts us not to have won the Europe we have welcomed, but we have achieved the ultimate success of the world and have dispelled all the myths around us. I am proud of the players. Well, a little with you
– What impressions did you get in Moscow and Russia?
– It was a wonderful world championship. Everything was very well organized despite the small difficulties. Everything happened really fast! Russia made the organization perfect – the stadiums were full, the atmosphere super, safe, the judges were also at a good level, it was also obvious. It was a great pleasure to be in Russia
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