9:05 am: “I cannot speak of tension”, Didier Deschamps plays down the little quarrel between Giroud and Mbappé.
The coach of the French team, Didier Deschamps returned to the quarrel between Giroud and Mbappé in an interview given to the team on Monday. “Honestly, internally, I cannot speak of tensions because this is not the case,” said Didier Deschamps. Mbappé had admitted Sunday to have been “a little affected” by the words of Olivier Giroud, and that he would have preferred that he come directly to speak to him about it.
Didier Deschamps does not fear any tensions following this episode. “Everyone got back in the saddle on Thursday,” he says. All are working in the same direction, with the same objective. On the pitch, they have the same jersey and I know they will all make the effort for the others ”.