the conference of Mbappé and Deschamps before Gibraltar

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“I knew Jean-Pierre Papin, he spent a lot of time in front of goal. When you have matches every three days, you don’t have a lot of training. This is valid for all positions. We They still don’t finish finishing work to rehearse the scales. I’m not going to say they work less or more, they have a larger window to do this work.”

>> Papin’s exit on the work of attackers

Deschamps: “It’s probable. It’s possible. But tomorrow, it will be Mike.”

Deschamps: “When you become international, it’s a step. There are tomorrows. The demands are higher. Warren, for example, has very significant media exposure. It requires confirmation anyway. If I call him, it is not to make a fashion statement. When I call someone, it’s because I’m convinced that they have the potential to stay with us. Sometimes it takes a little more time.”

“He was expected to play so I will have to replace him. I have no plans to change system. It’s a shame for him but I didn’t need confirmation for Eduardo, even if the last training camp would have could have gone better. But that doesn’t call into question what he did with us.”

“I don’t wonder. I know that today’s photo may not look like the one in May… If everyone is available, you know that some will be there. Not a core anymore The harder it is at each course, the better.”

“They know that it is an important match for the list of 23. The playing time they will have available, they have every interest in being as efficient as possible. They know very well.”

“He has this ability to see spaces and make a lot of effort. He is more efficient, he can still gain in this efficiency but it is part of his progression, he is a young player. He is fulfilled, full of confidence .”

“The week was very lively for Warren, especially outside! Warren is Warren, with his calmness. We talk a lot about him, that was already the case with his club, it takes on a little more importance with the selection. He stays focused on the pitch. He’s a natural. If he doesn’t start tomorrow, he’ll be international anyway.”

“The relationship is very good between the two of us and it is very good for the collective. He has this responsibility to engage the whole group as captain. It is something that does not weigh on him. He enjoys it . It’s a role that he appreciates because he has this ability to achieve unanimous approval, like Antoine. Any influence on my choices? He doesn’t even come to it! He’s a player, but at no time is he or anyone else tells me ‘he should play’ yes ‘he shouldn’t play’.”

The coach has arrived.

Now it’s time for Didier Deschamps.

“I’ve been telling him for years that he’s going to end up there! He doesn’t listen to me! He has all the qualities to be a very good center forward. We talk every day, I have a lot of affection for him. He made the right choice.”

“They have just arrived at a new club, that’s normal. They are getting back on track, they are adapting slowly. I try to talk with them, it’s important that the human feels good. I try to integrate them as best I can. Everything will move forward in the best of all possible worlds.”

“The three are strong and score goals. We are lucky to have all three. They are three different profiles. Let the best play and we will adapt.”

“I’m not someone who’s afraid. The ranking is what it is. Messi deserves it, he wins the World Cup so he deserves it. On the night of the World Cup, I knew who won the Golden Ball.”

“He is fascinating. He is already very mature, he plays with a lot of personality, he is a modern midfielder who is not afraid to advance with the ball. The objective for us is to support him. I have no advice to give him. He will learn very quickly and on his own. With the coaches, he has everything to progress. 17 years old, he is the age of my little brother… It’s crazy. I I’m not old but it’s getting a little old. The guy comes and does his homework… Our mission is to protect her.”

“I don’t think it’s going to take a lot of time to think about it. If it’s yes, it’s yes, if it’s no, it’s no. I want to play them and I think people do too .”

“You have to ask him why this timing. I took it very well, he’s a great coach, he has a lot to teach me. Since the first day, I told him that he would have no problem with me. I have always worked very well with the coaches I had, like the coach (Didier Deschamps), Mauricio Pochettino, Thomas Tuchel… These are coaches who, in quotes, spoke to me ‘very, very badly ‘. That didn’t stop me from playing very well and having very good performance and very good relationships with them. I am a very demanding player with myself, so if I find this requirement with my coach I I’m very happy.”

“This is not the news from the French team. If you have this question, you have to come to the PSG Campus and I will answer it. The country above all.”

“It’s not something that weighs on me, I don’t think about it on the pitch. When I’m on the pitch, I don’t go into things that are outside.”

“The coach here is adapting to our opponent, which means that I am a different player. It allows me to broaden my palette. I can still improve and broaden my palette. Here, the coach gives me a total freedom on the left lane. Luis Enrique gives me more structure. I adapt to all these patterns, and with the two great coaches that I have, it is in my interest to listen to them.”

“The last time was in June, I announced from my first speech that I would not come to all the press conferences. I said that I was not Antoine’s hierarchical superior, he made the following three conferences. Afterwards, we left the door open for others”

“It’s a desire to share leadership. I’m not afraid to come here, but the France team is not my team.”

On the Olympics: “It’s my employer who decides. It will be a pleasure to play in them, but if my employer doesn’t want to, I will support his decision.”

Kylian Mbappé has just arrived in front of journalists.

It’s confirmed, Kylian Mbappé and Didier Deschamps will appear at a press conference this Friday, from 5 p.m. The captain of the Blues has not participated in this exercise since June 15.

Real Madrid announces a “rupture of the external lateral ligament of the right knee” for Eduardo Camavinga, who was injured with the France team. The club has not communicated the duration of unavailability, but the Spanish media mention eight to ten weeks of absence.

Real Madrid press release: “Following the examinations carried out today by the Real Madrid medical service on our player Eduardo Camavinga, he was diagnosed with a rupture of the external lateral ligament of the right knee. Awaiting progress”.

More information here.

Called on Thursday as reinforcements to compensate for Eduardo Camavinga’s loss, Khéphren Thuram arrived at the Hôtel des Bleus on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice this Friday morning. The Nice player joins the group without going through the Clairefontaine box. (MT)

The players of the France team will return to Nice this Friday, where the match against Gibraltar will be played. Didier Deschamps will hold his match eve press conference from 5 p.m., in the company of a player.

This could be captain Kylian Mbappé, who has not spoken for the selection since June 15, before the first leg against Gibraltar. The striker has since missed all pre-match press briefings during the September and October rallies, mainly to avoid answering questions about his future as his contract with PSG expires next June. .

He is also very little talkative in the club even if he spoke last Saturday after the victory in Reims (0-3), to return to his agitated summer between the letter to signify his choice not to exercise the option to another year, then his exclusion from the pro group.

“The most important thing for me, what I wanted was to play football,” the player confided on Amazon Prime Video. “The rest, I’ll leave it to you, you do it well. I don’t want to talk to overdo things. I think there’s already enough.”

The France team now only needs to take two points from their last two qualifying matches to be assured of being seeded before the Euro 2024 draw.

>> Explanations here

Warren Zaire-Emery is currently participating in his first meeting with the France team and could experience his first selection against Gibraltar or Greece. A precociousness which is accompanied by an almost normal school life at the same time, as he recounted at a press conference.

>> More details here

“I do my lessons at the same time. For example yesterday (Wednesday) I was doing my Spanish homework, I’m trying to organize myself,” explained the PSG midfielder on Thursday. “I do my homework whenever I have time, I try to do both at the same time as best as possible, I try to alternate training in the afternoon with lessons before the session.”

Welcome to our live to follow all the information and declarations before the match between France and Gibraltar, Saturday (8:45 p.m. in Nice) as part of qualifying for Euro 2024. Thursday, Dayot Upamecano and Warren Zaire-Emery spoke at a press conference.