Deschamps and Rabiot excited by Spain challenge in Euro 24 semi final
08/07/2024
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Fußball Arena München, Germany
08/07/2024
uefa24
Fußball Arena München, Germany
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00:00FRENCH PRESS CONFERENCE
00:22Welcome to Munich, welcome to Bavaria, everyone.
00:25Welcome to France Press Conference
00:27before the semi-final match against Spain.
00:30Here with me are French number 14,
00:33Adrien Rabiot,
00:35and French FF Media Relations Manager,
00:38Raphaël Raimond,
00:40and later French Head Coach Didier Deschamps,
00:42who will join us.
00:43Today we have French, Spanish, English and German interpretation available.
00:48Just a short reminder of our rules here.
00:51Please raise your hand if you'd like to ask a question,
00:54introduce yourself,
00:55wait for our volunteers on the right and the left side,
00:58wait for the microphone,
01:00and then one question only, please.
01:02There are a lot of you, be respectful towards your colleagues.
01:08French Press Conferences will be conducted by French Media Team,
01:12so let's get started.
01:26Adrien, hello.
01:30Yesterday, Soufofana spoke about the team's victory in the semi-final.
01:34Can the Blues go all the way with Antoine and Kylian at this level,
01:39and will we see them at the top by the end of the tournament?
01:42Thank you.
01:44First of all, we've always put the team ahead
01:48in the last competitions,
01:50and in this one, of course.
01:53Even if we have players who are in it,
01:55we can see that we are in the semi-final of a very big tournament
02:02with two very good teams in front of us.
02:04But we are in it,
02:05so inevitably this team is stronger than the individualities.
02:10Then, it's true that Antoine and Kylian are a little less fresh, I would say,
02:17but we are here to push them.
02:19Of course we are 100% with them, we have confidence in them.
02:22They are players who can, at any moment,
02:25unlock a situation,
02:26that we focus on.
02:28So inevitably, we will need them until the end,
02:31especially to go to the final and win it.
02:36Hello Adrien, Stéphane Bianchi from Paris.
02:38Last night, there were no matches to watch,
02:40but there were the results of the elections.
02:43I wanted to know how you experienced that,
02:46how you watched that,
02:47if you watched them together, each individually,
02:51and if you mentioned the fact that the national meeting
02:54didn't take place.
02:57We didn't watch them together,
02:58because we were coming back from training.
03:00We had lunch at 8.15pm,
03:05so we were all in our rooms.
03:10It's true that we were worried,
03:13because it's important.
03:15Maybe a lot less than some,
03:18because we also have other things in mind.
03:20But we didn't talk about it more than that.
03:22You saw that some people posted things on social media.
03:28We didn't talk about it,
03:30but I think a lot of people were relieved.
03:39No, I've always said that politics and sport
03:42don't necessarily go together.
03:47As I said, we have a semi-final to play,
03:49and I think we should put that aside.
03:54We told people to go and vote,
03:57and that democracy would decide,
04:00would decide,
04:01so that was done.
04:02I saw that a lot of people showed up
04:05and went to vote,
04:06and that's very good.
04:07And for the rest,
04:09we have to leave the analysis
04:12to those who know more about it.
04:14I play football.
04:15Is it a good thing or a bad thing?
04:17I don't know.
04:18We'll have to see what happens next, I think.
04:21Hello, Adrien.
04:22Atrena Tour, La Chaîne, the team.
04:24The captain of the French team
04:26said that since Paul Pogba left,
04:30there were fewer players
04:32who could give him deep balls.
04:34Did you feel targeted?
04:35And do you agree with him or not?
04:37Thank you.
04:39I didn't necessarily have that feedback.
04:43But no, why would I feel targeted?
04:46Why would I feel targeted?
04:50No, if he said that,
04:51I think it's because
04:52certainly Paul has those characteristics.
04:55There are other players
04:57with other characteristics.
05:00You have to adapt.
05:02We, as midfielders,
05:04evolve with different forwards
05:06in the French team, in the club,
05:08and you also have to adapt to what they ask for,
05:11how they like the ball, etc.
05:13As a footballer,
05:14you have to adapt.
05:17But I don't think there's a debate
05:22about the quality of the ball
05:25and Paul's passes in the deep end.
05:28I think it's mainly a question of adapting
05:32to these midfielders.
05:35Good evening, Adrien.
05:36Jean-Ré Seguet, RMC Sport.
05:38A bit in the same vein,
05:40Ousmane Dembélé explained
05:42that sometimes there was this counter-attack from the coach,
05:45the 4-3-3, the 4-4-2 in Lausanne,
05:47that even you were a bit surprised.
05:50Do you understand
05:51the kind of hide-and-seek he does
05:53with the outside world, the observers,
05:55and even you, the players,
05:56to try to surprise the opponent?
06:00Maybe it's more about you
06:02than it is about us.
06:05And of course,
06:08there are collateral damage.
06:10No, but it's true
06:12that it's complicated for the coach too.
06:14When he tries to put things in place,
06:16a lot of information comes out.
06:19And it's true that it's quite unpleasant
06:22to see that when you've worked on something
06:24in training,
06:25it's already in the media
06:27as soon as the training is over.
06:29It's a shame for us,
06:31and I would say it's a shame
06:33for everyone,
06:35also for you,
06:36because when it comes out,
06:38it gives indications to the opponent,
06:40whereas we're supposed to be working on things
06:42that could remain hidden
06:44until the end,
06:46until the last minute before the game.
06:48And so I think the coach
06:50is also trying to
06:52blur the lines sometimes.
06:54As I said, we are very high-level players,
06:56we are able to adapt.
07:00He has worked with us on several systems.
07:05Even if the field is at the last minute,
07:07we have to adapt to each system.
07:12As I said, it's always the same,
07:14this quality of adaptation.
07:18Damien Degord, the team?
07:19Yes.
07:21How is Antoine Griezmann doing?
07:23As a teammate,
07:25are you surprised to see him at this level?
07:27You're not used to seeing him
07:29in the French team.
07:31Can the French team win the Euro
07:33without a great Antoine Griezmann?
07:37We're all surprised
07:39when we see Antoine's quality,
07:41what he's capable of doing,
07:43what he did in the last World Cup,
07:45when he was probably
07:47the best player
07:49in that World Cup.
07:53I don't know how to explain it,
07:55maybe not so well physically.
07:59I don't know if you've already asked
08:01the question or if you've had
08:03an answer to that.
08:05I think it's obvious
08:07that we're expecting
08:09a lot more from Antoine
08:11as a teammate,
08:13because he's capable of doing
08:15a lot more.
08:19As I said,
08:21we have a very high-level team.
08:23In any case,
08:25we're behind each of our players.
08:27When there's a player who's not as good,
08:29whether it's a captain like Kylian,
08:31or Antoine,
08:33we're there, we support our teammates.
08:35But of course,
08:37it would be easier
08:39if they were at their best.
08:41That's not the case.
08:43Once again, you have to adapt.
08:45The coach has made choices
08:47and had to make choices.
08:49So far, it's gone well,
08:51as long as it lasts.
08:53Hello, Adrien.
08:55This is Emmanuel Barranguet
08:57for La Chance France Presse.
08:59I wanted to ask you a more personal question.
09:01In the quarter-finals,
09:03especially the shooting session,
09:05did you clean your nails?
09:07Was it stressful
09:09not being able to participate?
09:11I've never experienced
09:13a quarter-final like this
09:15in the stands.
09:17I didn't know what it was like.
09:19It's really stressful,
09:21even more than that.
09:23I had cramps,
09:25when I was on the pitch,
09:27I didn't have any.
09:29I didn't expect
09:31to be in this position as a player.
09:33But I was very happy,
09:35very relieved.
09:37I had confidence in the team.
09:39The shots on target
09:41were very well shot.
09:43It's a nice reward
09:45for the group.
09:47I wanted to win
09:49so that I could
09:51come back on the pitch
09:53and play this semi-final.
09:55That's the case.
09:57I wanted to win
09:59so that I could
10:01come back on the pitch
10:03and play this semi-final.
10:05How do you see the team's evolution
10:07since De La Fuente
10:09replaced Luis Enrique?
10:11It seems to be much faster.
10:13Do you think the key to tomorrow's game
10:15will be on the wings,
10:17with these two wingers
10:19who are killing it at the Euros,
10:21Williams and Yamal,
10:23or in the heart of the game
10:25with these three midfielders
10:27you know well?
10:29We're all in line
10:31to say that it's the team
10:33and the position of the ball
10:35that has good ways
10:37of passing the ball in the middle,
10:39very good players on the wings
10:41who are able to hit
10:43and score.
10:45It's a complete team.
10:49They have their strengths
10:51and maybe their weaknesses too.
10:53In any case,
10:55we're confident.
10:57We know what to do.
10:59It's a team that needs to move.
11:01I think the teams they faced
11:03let them play a lot too.
11:05We'll see
11:07how they face us
11:09tomorrow.
11:11We know that the teams
11:13when they play the French team
11:15have a tendency
11:17to change their game.
11:21We'll see.
11:23I think it's something
11:25to take into account.
11:27I hope it will be a beautiful semi-final
11:29with two great teams.
11:59We saw
12:01that he was a player
12:03who knew
12:05how to manage
12:07the pressure.
12:09He has a lot of qualities.
12:11He's able to play
12:13as well in a club
12:15as in a major tournament.
12:17He knows how to do it
12:19with his qualities, without pressure.
12:21It's always
12:23complicated
12:25to manage
12:27a semi-final
12:29in a tournament like this.
12:31I think it's up to us
12:35to put pressure on him.
12:37To be there
12:39and not let him down.
12:43To be able to play
12:45a Euro final,
12:47we'll have to do a lot more
12:49than he's done so far.
12:51We'll end with two questions.
12:53Fabrice Tomperti from Provence
12:55Nertel.
12:57Adrien, hello, on your right.
12:59You were talking about shooting goals earlier.
13:01Théo scored the last one
13:03which qualifies you.
13:05We also saw him score a decisive goal
13:07against Belgium on Carrasco.
13:09You see him evolve regularly in Italy.
13:11Do you feel like he's taking on another dimension?
13:15Théo is a player
13:17who is less talked about
13:19in this team.
13:21But he has an important role
13:23to play.
13:25We saw that.
13:27He played every game.
13:29That's essential.
13:33In Italy,
13:35he's less talked about.
13:37He had a great season
13:39recently.
13:41He's a vice-captain
13:43at AC Milan.
13:45He's strong there.
13:47And in the French team,
13:49especially in this Euro,
13:51he scored some top goals.
13:53He's someone
13:55who can handle pressure well.
13:57We saw him
13:59score this decisive penalty
14:01in the quarter-finals.
14:03He's a guy
14:07who has a simple game
14:09but he does us a lot of good.
14:11Especially
14:13offensively,
14:15in what he can do on the left wing.
14:17And
14:19in the end,
14:21he goes well with this defensive line.
14:23He did very well
14:25defensively.
14:27He's really
14:29an essential player.
14:31We saw that
14:33he goes well with Kylian on the left.
14:39I hope he'll be
14:41at the level
14:43tomorrow.
14:45If everyone
14:47does their bit,
14:49as we've seen so far,
14:51we'll go to the final.
14:57Hello Adrien.
14:59Didier Deschamps and Guy Stéphan
15:01often say that the defeat
15:03in the final of the Euro 2016
15:05helped a lot
15:07to build the 2018 win.
15:09You're one of the people
15:11who stay on a lost final
15:13with a fresh mind.
15:15When you get to
15:17two matches,
15:19how does it make you stronger?
15:21How does it double your desire?
15:23Of course,
15:25this lost final
15:27was important.
15:29It still is.
15:33We were able to recover from it.
15:35We were able to do
15:37a very good run in the qualifiers.
15:39What motivates us
15:41is the competition,
15:43the win.
15:45We're still present
15:47in the semi-final.
15:49Despite what we can hear,
15:51the debates about the game,
15:53whether it's good or bad,
15:55the fact is
15:57that we're here.
15:59I think it helped us a lot.
16:03Most of the players
16:05who were there
16:07in 2022 are still here.
16:09Our journey so far
16:11is not trivial.
16:13It's in our heads.
16:15We really want to do something,
16:17to win a trophy
16:19after being so close to the goal in 2022.
16:21Thank you, Adrien.
16:23We'll continue with Didier Deschamps.
16:25Thank you very much.
16:37Didier Deschamps,
16:39goalkeeper
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16:45Didier Deschamps,
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16:49for the French national team
16:51in 2022
16:53Didier Deschamps,
16:55goalkeeper
16:57for the French national team
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17:01Didier Deschamps,
17:03goalkeeper
17:05I don't see your lights.
17:07No, it's the lights.
17:09Hello Didier, how are the lights?
17:11On average.
17:13I don't see you.
17:15I'm fine.
17:17I'd like to talk with you
17:19about the Spanish midfield,
17:21because we talk a lot about their wingers
17:23who will certainly be one of the issues
17:25for your wingers tomorrow,
17:27but we can also talk about the influence
17:29of a player like Rodri,
17:31that of Fabian Ruiz.
17:33What do you think about the impact
17:35of these men in the Spanish game?
17:37What do you think about the impact
17:39of these men in the Spanish game?
17:41Of course, it has always been
17:43in all the Spanish teams.
17:45They have had this ability
17:47to have a midfielder,
17:49often a trio,
17:51because until now,
17:53until they got injured,
17:55it was Pedri.
17:57There are Ullman or others
17:59who can do it,
18:01who have great control.
18:03Of course, there is the
18:05offensive potential,
18:07but the midfield
18:09is also a strength,
18:11especially with Rodri,
18:13who is an essential player.
18:15who is an essential player.
18:17But it's the whole team,
18:19but it's the whole team,
18:21because of what they have done
18:23on the pitch
18:25since the start of the Euro.
18:27since the start of the Euro.
18:29It's not to put stress on them.
18:31It's not to put stress on them.
18:33It's the team that has
18:35the best control
18:37and has left the best impression
18:39and has left the best impression
18:41to almost everyone.
18:45Samuel Duhamel from M6.
18:47Since the start of the competition,
18:49since the start of the competition,
18:51you can rely on a goalkeeper
18:53who evolves to a very high level.
18:55What are the qualities
18:57that you appreciate in this goalkeeper?
18:59What are the qualities that come to your mind?
19:01What are the qualities that come to your mind?
19:03You don't need me.
19:05He is a very high-level goalkeeper.
19:07He is a very high-level goalkeeper.
19:09He has a very good presence on the line.
19:11He has a very good presence on the line.
19:13He is comfortable in the air, on the ground.
19:15He is comfortable in the air, on the ground.
19:17With his foot, he has no problem.
19:19He is a good leader
19:21to direct the players
19:23who are in front of him.
19:25He didn't discover them today.
19:27He didn't discover them today.
19:29He certainly put himself more in value
19:31He certainly put himself more in value
19:33because he also had physical problems
19:35because he also had physical problems
19:37that certainly prevented him from having continuity.
19:41Hello Didier.
19:43Hello Didier.
19:45Benjamin Cuarez for Le Parisien.
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21:45I don't have any regrets, the important thing is that it's Emeric who can live well in this situation and I think that's the case.
22:15Thank you.
22:30I didn't understand anything, so I was translated into English.
22:36You speak English, so I was translated into English.
22:45You said that Mbappé is trying to get the right headspace after the injury to his nose and wearing the mask.
22:54What are you doing to help him adapt to that and the fact that he nearly left the tournament?
23:00And philosophically, some people are saying ahead of this tournament, ahead of this match, that he maybe shouldn't start.
23:08What's your philosophical reply to that?
23:16I think so.
23:22Kylian, yes, of course, he has a new situation for him.
23:26The fact that he's wearing a mask, which leads to a vision that can be modified at any time.
23:38Obviously, it was a big shock and he had to digest it.
23:47With the hematoma, it's not a problem.
23:50The hematoma is well resolved.
23:52Every day that goes by, his nose is getting stronger.
23:56He will have to get used to wearing the mask for several weeks and several months.
24:08Good evening, Didier.
24:10Yes.
24:11Charlotte Harper from The Athletic.
24:13There will be someone else at the stadium who will watch the match.
24:17Lucas Hernandez.
24:19I saw a message for him after his injury.
24:22Thank you.
24:23Yes, I learned that he will probably be there.
24:26I know that he is wholeheartedly with us.
24:29I had him several times in exchange, of course.
24:35I know his mentality, even if he comes out of a serious injury, he has another one.
24:41But I know very well that he will do everything, because he is a fighter.
24:45He will do everything to come back to his best level.
24:50As he is someone who is extremely happy, and that joy is communicative,
24:55it is with pleasure if we can see him tomorrow and that he is there, especially with us.
25:05Good evening, Didier.
25:06Baptiste Desprez, Le Figaro.
25:07Yes.
25:08The French team scores few goals.
25:09Randal said yesterday that there was a lack of presence on the pitch.
25:12Olivier Giroud is on the bench, who has not been named once during this Euro.
25:15Why is he not on the board in this competition?
25:19He came back three times.
25:22I have choices to make.
25:26Olivier is there, of course.
25:28It is in relation to the efficiency that he can have, even if I repeat it,
25:32on the three non-title matches.
25:34But he came back, he was not more efficient than the others.
25:38After that, it all depends on the situation of the match, in relation to the opponent.
25:49But obviously, to have more presence, I do not stop at that.
25:56On the contrary, it is better.
25:58It is not about having only attackers.
26:01We will be more efficient.
26:03We have the chances.
26:04We could have more, but we have them.
26:06But until now, we have been inefficient.
26:10Obviously, on a match like tomorrow's, it is something that will be important.
26:17Two more questions.
26:19Let's start here.
26:29What do you think about these quality players playing quite boring?
26:31What do you think about this thing as boring compared to people wanting more exciting football?
26:41Are you a Swede?
26:42Are you sure?
26:43No.
26:44You are disguised.
26:45You live in France.
26:46That is for sure.
26:47If you are bored, you can watch something else.
26:51It does not matter.
26:52You are not obliged.
26:56Apart from that, it is a special European Championship.
27:02It is very difficult for everyone.
27:05Until today, the number of goals is much lower than it has been in the past.
27:13What I know is that we have the ability to share emotions, to make a lot of French people happy
27:26through the results we have been able to achieve, especially in the difficult period in our country.
27:34If the Swedes are bored, it does not matter to me.
27:51When you play against players like Yamal and Williams, do you think about how to defend against them?
27:56Or do you think that they do not defend a lot and that it can be an opportunity?
28:00Both.
28:01If they have the ball, it is better to know how to defend well, as we have done so far.
28:06But to force them to be in an area where they do not like too much and to make defensive efforts,
28:13it can also limit their offensive ability.
28:22It is a match situation.
28:25Both go in that direction.
28:28To have the ball, not to have the ball.
28:30To make sure that they receive the ball, but not in the best conditions.
28:34But these two players, Yamal and Williams, even if they do not have the same qualities,
28:41it is what brings this team from Spain to have this additional quality compared to the previous teams.
28:51That is to say, the verticality.
28:53These two players give more verticality to this Spanish team.
29:11And you're almost already there at the pitch side.
29:14French training will start at six o'clock.
29:18Fifteen minutes are open to the media.