The intractable cycle of time, and the international retirements of executives from the French team obviously play a role: “The situation that France is going through is reminiscent of Spain’s generational decline after its years of success during the last decade.analyzes Jorge Ordas, from Eurosport Spain. The shift from one generation to another is not always easy to manage. They have good players, but they also need good leaders.” The captain of the France team, Kylian Mbappé, was not called up by Didier Deschamps during the last two rallies.