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Moscow – 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 Euro-2016, lost, the Blues want this time to raise the trophy.
" We have not come so far to give in. I know the taste of defeat in the final, it's really not good, very bitter … We're not going to approach it like at home. '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 semi-final, ed), we thought that was the final. Against the Portuguese, with their course, we said 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. like, we are all conscious, focused. "
Pogba took another dimension in the Russian tournament, after a difficult season in club, where his coach Jose Mourinho did not hesitate to send him waxing the bench of replacements several times.
But during the World Cup-2018, the player of the " Red Devils ", over the matches, simplified his game, gave voice and took his share of ungrateful defensive tasks, as when he has stuck to the marking of the star of Belgium, Eden Hazard, in the semifinals.
– 'Always been a leader'-
" Paul, I've known him for a number of years, he's always been a leader, he has that in him, he can talk, give advice. is someone who is very listened to in the group ", confirmed the defender Samuel Umtiti, who rubbed shoulders with Pogba during the world U20 title in 2013.
" After, we had to evolve during the competition, still decrypts the player from Barcelona, I think he has also been able to question himself, he helped the group to go ahead 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 good humor ", adds" Big Sam ", author of the goal of the head that eliminated the Belgians in the semi-final (1-0).
The Belgians were also winners by many tipsters after dismissing Brazil Neymar in the quarter-finals. What make French favorites. A trap?
– " They want one " –
" The status of favorite? We do not think about it, says 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.
" Of course, the Croats do not have a star, they want one, they have a very good run, they want the victory, as we ", put in Pogba guard. 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 again the World Cup, as a coach, he would become the third man to succeed 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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