December 10, 2022, 18:27 PM
December 10, 2022, 18:27 PM
The French coach Didier Deschamps highlighted that the current world champion achieved a 2-1 victory against England in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Qatar “with heart and guts”, in declarations to the channel TF1 of the French television.
“It’s been fabulous, uhA great game against a great England team. We have once again made the grade in a duel like this and it’s fantastic to be back in the semifinals, that’s nothing,” said the coach euphorically.
“Tonight we are going to enjoy, this team has qualitybut also mental strength and great spirit,” he added.
Deschamps admitted that with the two penalties awarded (the first scored by Harry Kane for 1-1 and the second missed by the England captain which would have made it 2-2) “we gave them some ammunition, but we endured the result with heart and guts.”
France’s rival in the semifinals will be the surprising selection of Morocco, who also defeated Portugal 1-0 this Saturday. “They deserve all our respect and recognition; It wasn’t part of the rivals that were expected to get here, but it’s all but a surprise.”
“We’re going to think about them very seriously… but from tomorrow (Sunday), because tonight we are going to enjoy” the victory against the English, he concluded.
