Clear hierarchy, tough competition and a special credo around Mbappé: The French team implements the coach’s instructions perfectly. “DD” probably understood better than any other coach what a World Cup is about.
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Martin Schneider, Doha
The way Didier Deschamps speaks during the half-time break of a World Cup final will be important again on Sunday, he has already achieved one again. Fortunately, we know how he has behaved so far. In 1998, in his first final, he was the captain of the France national team, in a documentary you can see him speaking to the team in the dressing room after the 2-0 lead against Brazil: “We’re not letting up, okay? Not now, clear?”