The day after the sad draw conceded by the French team against Israel on Thursday evening (0-0), Mattéo Guendouzi and Lucas Digne were present at a press conference this Friday. They both admitted that the Blues should have done much better and are hoping for a reaction on Sunday against Italy.
L’French team offered us another sad performance Thursday during the reception ofIsrael (0-0). A draw which did not prevent the Blues to qualify for the quarter-finals of the League of Nationsbut which remains very disappointing, which Didier Deschamps’ men are well aware of.
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“We are aware that we could and should have done much better”
« To be honest, yesterday’s match wasn’t great. We are aware that we could and should have done much better, especially in the first half. We didn’t do enough yesterday, we know that, which is why the match against Italy comes at the right time to do much better. We will do much better than yesterday’s match “, declared Mattéo Guendouzi this Friday at a press conference, in remarks relayed by RMC Sport. « We wanted to win the match, we should have won this match. We didn’t manage to do it, we were all a little disappointed. In the second half, we pushed a lot, we had clear chances, we should have played better. So there was frustration. We must forget this match and move on to the one against Italy. »
“We weren’t good, we were missing a lot of ingredients”
« Yesterday’s match was special, we weren’t good, we lacked a lot of ingredients », added Lucas Dignewho succeeded Mattéo Guendouzi facing journalists. “ It’s up to us to show a better game. Playing such a match against Italy is just great, in a legendary stadium, where I have already played there, but not for the selection. So I hope to be there. » Beaten byItaly at home last September (1-3), theFrench team wants to take his revenge on Sunday: “ It is certain that there is a spirit of sporting revenge. When you lose against a team, you don’t want to lose a second time, it’s obligatory. Everyone will have this spirit. On the other hand, it will be a very good team with very good cohesion, a very good coach, very great technician, but we will have to erase all the details which were not against Israel. »
