Post by account_disabled on Jan 10, 2024 10:59:33 GMT
A draw was enough for both of them to preserve their gains, for France the leadership of group C, for Denmark the fourth classification in its history for the round of 16, in a match marked by apathy that ended with the first 0-0 of the Russia World Cup.
It took such a petty calculation for a World Cup that had been fun to experience such a monotonous duel, without chances, without controversies, without VAR, without spectacle, without stories to tell, a nothing cheered by throats for 90 minutes and loudly whistled when it was over. time.
Didier Deschamps, the day he equaled Raymond Binance App Users Data Domenech as the coach with the most games on the "bleu" bench, filled his team with changes but was unable to erase the bad image he had given in the first two games.
The duels against Denmark have become a habit for France in recent World Cups, as well as a thermometer of their state.
In 1998, on their own territory, Aime Jacquet's team achieved a hard-fought victory on the way to their first World Cup. Four years later, Denmark won 2-0 in South Korea against a defending champion in complete decay, thus certifying their elimination at the first opportunity.
The thermometer seems to still work. The France of 2018 is a team without direction, with defensive gaps and a very solid but uncreative midfield. This was the case in the debut against Australia, with a very offensive bet by Deschamps, in the second match against Peru, with a more classic lineup, and again against Denmark, against whom he gave minutes to less common players.
The coach does not find the key, although he maintains the essentials, his team calm, without controversy, far from the turbulence that other favorites are going through.
France does not enchant but it does not scare either. It is a flat team, which has guaranteed the essentials in the first phase waiting for, now that serious things are coming, its stars to explode.
Team A did not seem to have a defined plan and the alternative that Deschamps created against Denmark has not improved on the original either. The theoretical reserves, who had to earn their position, suffered from many of the reproaches that the incumbents had committed, not to mention that those who were repeated stumbled over the same stone.
It took such a petty calculation for a World Cup that had been fun to experience such a monotonous duel, without chances, without controversies, without VAR, without spectacle, without stories to tell, a nothing cheered by throats for 90 minutes and loudly whistled when it was over. time.
Didier Deschamps, the day he equaled Raymond Binance App Users Data Domenech as the coach with the most games on the "bleu" bench, filled his team with changes but was unable to erase the bad image he had given in the first two games.
The duels against Denmark have become a habit for France in recent World Cups, as well as a thermometer of their state.
In 1998, on their own territory, Aime Jacquet's team achieved a hard-fought victory on the way to their first World Cup. Four years later, Denmark won 2-0 in South Korea against a defending champion in complete decay, thus certifying their elimination at the first opportunity.
The thermometer seems to still work. The France of 2018 is a team without direction, with defensive gaps and a very solid but uncreative midfield. This was the case in the debut against Australia, with a very offensive bet by Deschamps, in the second match against Peru, with a more classic lineup, and again against Denmark, against whom he gave minutes to less common players.
The coach does not find the key, although he maintains the essentials, his team calm, without controversy, far from the turbulence that other favorites are going through.
France does not enchant but it does not scare either. It is a flat team, which has guaranteed the essentials in the first phase waiting for, now that serious things are coming, its stars to explode.
Team A did not seem to have a defined plan and the alternative that Deschamps created against Denmark has not improved on the original either. The theoretical reserves, who had to earn their position, suffered from many of the reproaches that the incumbents had committed, not to mention that those who were repeated stumbled over the same stone.