Didier Deschamps pays the price for breaking free from the shackles that led him to glory | Joanthan Wilson

The Guardian · 1 month ago

France
0

FIFA WC26
0-2
Finished

Spain
2

Key moments

1. 8'
   Yellow card
   Adrien RABIOT (France) is booked by
2. 31'
   Yellow card
   Marc CUCURELLA (Spain) is booked by
3. 58'
   Goal
   Pedro PORRO (Spain) scores!!
4. 86'
   Yellow card
   Kylian MBAPPE (France) is booked by

Squads

France squad

• Selected
• 3 Lucas Digne
  Defender
• 4 Dayot UPAMECANO
  Defender
• 5 Jules KOUNDE
  Defender
• 7 Ousmane DEMBELE
  Forward
• 8 Aurelien TCHOUAMENI
  Midfielder
• 10 Kylian MBAPPE
  C Forward
• 11 Michael OLISE
  Forward
• 12 Bradley BARCOLA
  Forward
• 14 Adrien RABIOT
  Midfielder
• 16 Mike MAIGNAN
  Goalkeeper
• 17 William SALIBA
  Defender
• 1 Brice SAMBA
  Goalkeeper
• 2 Malo GUSTO
  Defender
• 6 Manu KONE
  Midfielder
• 9 Marcus THURAM
  Forward
• 13 Ngolo KANTE
  Midfielder
• 15 Ibrahima KONATE
  Defender
• 18 Warren ZAIRE-EMERY
  Midfielder
• 19 Theo HERNANDEZ
  Defender
• 20 Desire DOUE
  Forward
• 21 Lucas HERNANDEZ
  Defender
• 22 Jean-Philippe MATETA
  Forward
• 23 Robin RISSER
  Goalkeeper
• 24 Rayan CHERKI
  Midfielder
• 25 Maghnes AKLIOUCHE
  Midfielder
• 26 Maxence Lacroix
  Defender

Spain squad

• Selected
• 8 Fabian RUIZ
  Midfielder
• 10 Dani OLMO
  Forward
• 12 Pedro PORRO
  Defender
• 14 Aymeric LAPORTE
  Defender
• 15 Alex BAENA
  Midfielder
• 16 RODRI
  C Midfielder
• 19 Lamine YAMAL
  Forward
• 21 Mikel OYARZABAL
  Forward
• 22 Pau CUBARSI
  Defender
• 23 Unai SIMON
  Goalkeeper
• 24 Marc CUCURELLA
  Defender
• 1 David RAYA
  Goalkeeper
• 2 Marc PUBILL
  Defender
• 3 Alex GRIMALDO
  Defender
• 4 Eric GARCIA
  Defender
• 5 Marcos LLORENTE
  Defender
• 6 Mikel MERINO
  Midfielder
• 7 Ferran TORRES
  Forward
• 9 GAVI
  Midfielder
• 11 Yeremy PINO
  Forward
• 13 Joan GARCIA
  Goalkeeper
• 17 Nico WILLIAMS
  Forward
• 18 Martin ZUBIMENDI
  Midfielder
• 20 PEDRI
  Midfielder
• 25 Victor MUNOZ
  Forward
• 26 Borja IGLESIAS
  Forward

France finally let loose all their attacking power in this tournament and yet when the big test came against Spain they were too open Maybe Didier Deschamps was right all along. He has been criticised over his 14 years in the France job for being too cautious, for prioritising control, for not unleashing his great…

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