Leading France has never missed a major competition in 13 years! Deschamps: This is what French football must do

Hupu News, November 14th: After defeating Ukraine with a score of 4-0 early this morning, the French team obtained a ticket to the 2026 World Cup in advance. After the game, French team coach Deschamps accepted an interview with the media and talked about his views and feelings about the game.

About qualifying for the 2026 World Cup finals

We must always know how to cherish those beautiful moments. I understand that for the French team, promotion seems to be a logical and natural thing. But according to some people's opinions, we should have locked in the promotion place in October, but you know, we are in a group with four teams, which is simply impossible to achieve.

Tonight, in such a difficult environment and facing the dense defensive formation put up by the opponent, the team performed very well. I'm very pleased with this, even though this isn't the first time they've done this. I'm also happy for the staff because the French team has to be present in every major tournament.

About the overall situation of the team in this game

"We must continue to put pressure on our opponents to make the game faster and more dynamic. We completely controlled the ball during the game, but we created very few opportunities in the first half. Then we faced a team An opponent who shrank the defense to 25 meters or even further back from the goal made it extremely difficult for us to attack. After Akliusz and Ekitic came on the scene, we played a little timidly and couldn't increase our speed. The situation of the game was controlled, but the players lacked effective movement on the court."

Let's talk about the shortcomings in the game

"The cooperation between us was not smooth enough, and the team's formation retreated too deep. I will not get angry because of this, but I made it clear. Players, what should they do to break through the opponent's defense? Later, more offensive space appeared on the field, and the opponent gradually became tired, so many factors affected the direction of the game, but this is a football game, and we have experienced similar scenes many times."