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Updated: July 7, 2018 1:25:00
French head coach Didier Deschamps embraces Frenchman Antoine Griezmann. (Source: AP)
French coach Didier Deschamps was relieved to see Uruguay impose 2-0 in the quarter-final against Uruguay without losing any of its players, a- he said at the end of Friday's match in Nizhny Novgorod. After Antoine Griezmann's second goal, Kylian Mbappe was involved in an incident with Uruguayan Christian Rodriguez that ended with the French striker on the field and players on both sides involved in a melee
. and Deschamps took midfielder Paul Pogba for a quiet word while Mbappe and Rodriguez were receiving yellow cards
"As for Paul, things were a little hot, and considering that he had a yellow card, I did not do it. "I want him to get angry and get a reservation for nothing," Deschamps told reporters after the match.
"C & # 39; I told all the players. If we qualify and they receive yellow cards … not even for faults but because of their actions, because of their attitude, because of certain words that have been spoken, it is completely useless
"You can talk to the referee be provocative and you can not fall for the provocation of your rivals.I really did not want him to receive another reservation."
Pogba was one of the French players already on a yellow and therefore in danger of a suspension of one match if he took another one, and Deschamps praised the attitude of his
"We have room for improvement," he added. "But youth is not just a weak point.You saw that in the second half.There were some sparks that we managed to control."
"I had six players on one reservation , and now everyone is available for the next game, and that's great. "
with Raphaël Varane in Griezmann's free kick, and Deschamps said his team had practiced ways to unlock the Uruguayan defense, which until then had conceded that only one goal at the World Cup.
"Griezmann was very good and Rafael reacted very well," said L & # 39; coach. "These are things we are working on.
" This week, I focused a little bit more on their defense with regards to the Uruguayan play position, because they're very good when they play in the middle part of the field, the best players in the air
" It was important to have a good position in relation to these players. We had to work on our settings, and we had not scored that yet, although we have good specialists in this regard. "
Deschamps said his team had better control of the game and deserved victories against solid opponents.
" We played against a nice Uruguayan team, but we were better than they were. were today. We had a lot more control than they had, especially in the second half, "he added.
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