At the Parc des Princes
His analysis of the match “I can always be choosy, but we did everything to win the match, we had around ten chances, with a compact defensive block in the middle. In the first half, we could have put more speed into the transmission. We score two goals, this is the 5th match where we haven’t conceded either. And it’s not always Olivier Giroud or Kylian Mbappé who score goals, like in the first leg with Pavard. This takes us a little further. The only regret is the number of chances and only having scored two goals. We had a lot of shots from outside the area, we could have scored a few more. Overall I am very satisfied with what the players are doing, it’s a very good thing.”
Mbappé’s discretion “Kylian has made a lot of effort, we also watch him a lot (on the pitch). He did very good things but at the end of the match, due to the accumulation of matches, it was a little more difficult for him.
The association of the Hernandez brothers “I don’t know why you are surprised (to see them lined up from the start), they have already played together. The initial idea, with Lucas slightly shifted to the left, this allows Théo to be much higher, to participate in the game, he likes it and he has done a lot of back and forth. Lucas also has this intelligence to lock well behind. The left side performed very well.”
The great performance of Tchouaméni, scorer “He has this ability to hit from afar, but above all what I appreciated, and this is where I expect him the most, is in the recovery. In everything that is dual. He is capable of playing, moving around, widening the game. Aurélien was very good and formed a great doublet with Adrien (Rabiot). The France team can rely on these two players. As with Camavinga (entered in the second half). When we have five offensive players (Giroud, Mbappé, Dembélé, Griezmann and Théo), we can always plan ahead, but we also need security.
Giroud’s injuryOlivier had a little problem with his ankle on the shot at the start of the match where he was blocked. He’s tough, he grits his teeth but he was limited. There was no point in continuing.”
His opinion on Thuram “It’s very good for him (that he scored), after that it’s never easy to come back. You will give me winning coaching (smile). Given the competition, it’s good that it performs well. He is a little more in Olivier’s profile compared to Randal (Kolo Muani). These are different options. Marcus is a support player, at Inter, he is squarely in a pair of attackers. He often had to play on a forward side. The most important thing is to score goals. Marcus has a good header and is capable of going deep. He’s a young man who has good room for improvement.”
Dembélé’s match “He has this ability to eliminate in his percussion, he didn’t finish everything well. I found he had less waste than he had at times. He could have been rewarded. He has juice, legs, as he has both feet, he has this ability to overflow better.
Staff review in Germany? “We are still on the road to obtaining our qualification. We have a prestigious match against Germany (Tuesday in Dortmund) then the Netherlands in October. We have to win matches, I have no illusions. I’m not here to try and we’re not going to go to Germany to see what the weather is like.”
The progress margin of the Blues “We have had an ideal course so far with five wins in five matches, no goals conceded. We’re not going to sleep on it. There are things to correct, but the base is strong. The quality is there, the state of mind too. I did not release the magic formula of the group which lives well, but it shows in training. We are very good at achieving our goal. And go to the Blues for tomorrow (Friday against the All Blacks at the opening of the Rugby World Cup).