Deschamps Reveals the plan of France to stop to Leo Messi

The selection of Argentina could not with France and fell deleted of the World-wide of Russia. The team Frenchman was upper and, in spite of that the albiceleste dreamed when it put 1-2 in favour, finish sucumbiendo to the potential of Kylian Mbappé, that marked two golazos. One of the big keys of the party was that the plan of Didier Deschamps to cancel to Leo Messi went out to perfection.

In the back press conference, the seleccionador French explained how his team achieved to detain to the best player of the world: "I Think that my homologous Argentinian has wanted to leave him more freedom so that it came to the back of our midfield players. But we have adapted us to neutralise him, Kanté always was marking him".

"Messi was object of a particular surveillance"

Besides, it admitted that it treated that the Barcelona star did not touch the balloon and that, when it did it, went with a marker on: "Had two options, avoid that it received the balloon, which have attained it enough, and when it had to it had one on and another to the threaten. It was object of a particular surveillance".

Nevertheless, Deschamps did special upsetting in that in his plan also went in to avoid that Leo Messi could combine with other key players of the selection albiceleste: "we Knew the connection between Marcherano, Banega and Messi. If you want that Messi have less influence it was necessary to block to the others two".

Praises to Mbappé

The seleccionador French also undid in praises to Kylian Mbappé: "it Adores the football, knows it everything. I am happy that it was French. Has a lot of margin of progression, but in a so important party has showed all his talent. And although it has had to defend, this has not prevented him attack and do it very well".

Nevertheless, it did not share the comparisons of the forward of the PSG with Ronaldo Nazario: "it is not the same type of player, Ronaldo played by the centre and was able of enormous accelerations with the balloon in the foot. Kylian Runs more quickly, needs more spaces. Although it can play of 9, it is used to to go more to the band. We are comparing to a champion of the world with a full player of quality but of 19 years. It goes to progress a lot".