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Slowly, evaporate the bubbles of French champagne that fill the end of this perfect Russian adventure, a world cup as dreamed of Vladimir Putin. The explosion went through. It was already the celebrations on the ground and the coronation under the deluge that bathed this capital of Moscow. Behind these crazy celebrations of the press conference, coach Didier Deschamps was soaked by his own players, and in the locker room, with French President Emmanuel Macron, still with Paul Pogba as commander of the joy . Now, after the emotions and as they begin to gain their place reflections, a ferocious message that crosses the national selection . They broadcast this World Cup just ended and the new owner of the football world. Collective constructions are imposed on individual phenomena. Teams before the stars. The organization and continuity, first. Everything says France. All you need to listen and program Argentina. Then, it's a matter of taste, of course.
How many midfielders are there in the world with the charisma and sensibility of Paul Pogba? Very, very little. How many strikers with the versatility, class, generosity and productivity of Antoine Griezmann roam the planet? Very, very little. How many stars with the unstoppable freshness and splendid future of Kylian Mbappé are today? Very, very little, or almost none.
Neither Pogba nor Griezmann nor Mbappé are placed above France, a selection that does not cover to dream only of one of its interpreters . They do not appear all the time. They impose their qualities at times. Meanwhile, when they do not affect the game in a relevant way, a team emerges to support them. All the way back from Argentina and Messi.
France exposes an archer like Hugo Lloris, who killed the mistrust who harassed him with decisive stops in several matches. His only mole turned the blooper into Mandzukic's goal. Two central markers like Raphael Varane and Samuel Umtiti, warriors to resist. A tightrope walker in the middle, like Ngolo Kanté, tireless to relieve, anticipate and pass with judgment. Two lateral with notorious qualities of projection as Benjamin Pavard and Lucas Hernández. All the while in Argentina who came to Russia without certainty on his goalkeeper, only with a strong central mark, with immense doubts in the midfield position and without convincing sides.
He gives himself the luxury France closes the World Cup without having scored a goal Olivier Giroud, something that has never happened in a world champion team. The giant also plays for the team. Maybe that's the paradigm of this command. All round Argentina (19459005) which condemns the scorers for their low efficiency and, despite Higuaín and Aguero, ends up facing France with a fake "9".
mundo is the youngest from Brazil of 70 with an average age of 25 years and 10 months. All the way back from Argentina which rounds here formations that have hit or exceeded 30 on average.
This France was modeled by Deschamps, who had been key as a player in the middle of the pack at the crowning of it twenty years ago at Saint Denis in Paris, in the final against Brazil. This man who recently became a footballer and technical champion of the world, which only Mario Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer had realized, took over in 2012. He protected his most sensual individuals with a clear idea can be conservative in his proposal. I could be more generous with the show, it's real and it's a pity, as true as France adapts to the different realities of the game: wait, counter-attack, support if you have it need, hurts with the ball stopped and still gives the impression of winning. All the rest of Argentina who changed four coaches in four years and landed without any plan at the World Championship
At Deschamps, there is a group of players who show him affection and respect him He was noticed in every postcard of the celebration. Even substitutes have embraced him with a special feeling. Everything that upset in Argentina that ended in the relationship between the players and Jorge Sampaoli deteriorated in its maximum expression.
In this selection Deschamps only built nine survivors of the frustrated finalists of the 2016 Europe Cup. This time they were titular and today they are also Lloris, Umtiti, Pogba, Matuidi, Griezmann and Giroud. . In the bank was Kanté, now key among the eleven. The substitutes were and are Mandanda and Rami. In the end, although he supported the axis of the formation (goalkeeper, center-back, two midfield and two points), the DT did not tremble in the renewal despite the fact that he only stayed two years before the World Cup. All the way back from Argentina that recycle every post always crosses a path of thorns.
Of all the individual prizes, Mbappé was caressed as the young figure of this World Cup. In the end, the early star received the same distinction that Brazil 2014 had been for Pogba, today's leader of this world champion. This is not casual. This is the result of a serious work with boys carried out at Clairefontaine, this training center of the French federation inaugurated in 1988. Ten years later, France crowned in his country. Two decades later, here. And in the middle, in 2006, a second place in the world. All the way back from Argentina which was an example in this sense at the time of Jose Pekerman, but then left the children and only now tries to start.
The best thing about France is that it does not seem that this story full of glory ends in the finale that he just won . The conclusion is triggered by a brief glance. Mbappé is projected as the king of world football and will arrive in Qatar with 23 years. Ousmane Dembélé, with a minimum of protagonism here but with a huge future, will land with 25. Pavard and Lucas Hernández, with 26. Pogba, Varane and Umtiti will do it with 29. Griezmann and Kanté with 31. Holders, at the end, they should only replace goalkeeper Lloris, Matuidi and Giroud. In 2022, with so much uncertainty, what will become of Argentina?
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