Deschamps 'expected' low turnout for France-Israel clash

France boss Didier Deschamps said it was strange not to see the Stade de France packed for their match against Israel

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00:00What did you think of this atmosphere, with a little more than 16,000 spectators and a few firecrackers in the first half in the stands?

00:07I didn't see that, but obviously the context is what it was. It's not a context that we want to relive, of course.

00:20It's not an excuse. Unfortunately, we have to compose with it, and it was a football match in these conditions.

00:33The consequence was that when you're at the Stade de France, you're used to being well filled.

00:48It wasn't the case here, but we knew that anyway. And the context is heavy, of course.