In an interview on The team, the 1998 world champion is calling for the arrival of the former No. 10 to replace Deschamps, who he says missed the World Cup final with the Blues.
Very discreet since June 2020 where he had decided to move away from the football worldDisgusted by the environment, Christophe Dugarry has made a remarkable media comeback in recent weeks. After speaking at the World Cup on the Blues on RMCthe 1998 world champion spoke The team to take stock of the French team’s epic in Qatar.
And the ex-striker, unlike many Frenchmen, will keep a bitter memory of the course of Didier Deschamps’ men. If he’s happy with his countrymen’s arrival in the final, Dugarry doesn’t understand how they could miss the event against the Argentines by 80 minutes, even if the title was decided on penalties (3-3, 4 tab to 2). Because for him Argentina was largely acceptable.
An analysis must be made of the game and of the eighty minutes that make up the most catastrophic of the French team in the last fifty years
Christopher Dugary
“An analysis must be made of the game and of the eighty minutes that make up the most catastrophic of the French team in the last fifty years, one day of the World Cup final. That seems worthy of debate. Apart from the emotion, because I was also shaking, I am still shocked by these eighty minutes. If we are not world champions, it will be because of these eighty minutes. If we play them at our level, we will win this match without any problems and be world champions“Explains the former striker of the Girondins de Bordeaux who aims for Didier Deschamps before the players.
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As we know, the coach is not a close friend of Dugarry, even though they climbed to the roof of the world with the national team in 1998. The 50-year-old former player considers the boss of The Blues primarily responsible and asks him to explain this air pocket throughout much of the finale: “I have to understand. We went through to the World Cup final. How is it possible ? For the good of the French team, this debate must take place. If that was enough, it must be said. If it was physical, it must also be said. So that it doesn’t happen again. How can you be so invisible, so uninspired with the ball, so far in duels? It’s not the defeat that’s the problem. It’s those eighty minutes and I’m shocked that this debate didn’t take place.»
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We cannot say that the French team belongs to everyone and keep it for twelve years
Christopher Dugary
A way to put pressure on the French Football Federation, at least in the media, while Didier Deschamps’ future is not yet set in stone even if an extension is imminent. A smart way, also, to defend Zinedine Zidane’s candidacy for this post by campaigning. Because Dugarry doesn’t hide it, he is very close to the former number 10. “LI do not hide that I would rather see “Zizou” (Zinédine Zidane), I want to see something else. Deschamps, I hear what he’s saying, but you can’t say that the French team belongs to everyone and keep it that way for twelve years, especially when you have a possible successor who won the Champions League (with Real Madrid, in 2016, 2017 , 2018) and who can bring something to the France team. In an absolute sense, it does not concern me.»
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