France boss Didier Deschamps believes England don’t have any weaknesses and is excited to pit himself against Gareth Southgate
France manager Didier Deschamps claims that their World Cup opponent England have no weakness.
The defending champion will face the Three Lions in the quarter final of the World cup as the seek to move to the next round.
Speaking with the media ahead of their game with Gareth Southgate’s men Deschamps said: “They don’t have any. All teams have strengths, not all have many weaknesses, but slightly less strong points.
“England have seen us play four games. At the end of the day, you need to identify areas where you think you can attack them.
“I very much like Gareth. We have met and talked on a number of occasions. But if I understand correctly, not everyone appreciates him so much in his own country.
“That isn’t because he wasn’t a good footballer himself. He had a long, distinguished career and he is also a very good coach. He has enabled England to get some very good results over the years and I very much like him.”
Kylian Mbappe has been a key talking point ahead of tomorrow’s quarter-final.
Deschamps added: “England will have prepared for Kylian, but he is in a position to make the difference.
“We have other players, but Kylian is Kylian and he can make the difference.
“Pace is often one of the keys to the match. When quick, the opponent has less time to be organised. You need more than just pace to score goals. You can stop a lot of things but it’s very difficult to stop someone who is very quick, especially in transitions.
“England team very strong in that area though and scored lots of goals with quick counter-attacks. They also have many other qualities in terms of technical ability, capacity to score goals and being dangerous on set pieces.
“It’s not by chance they are facing us in the quarter-finals.
“We are calm, they are remaining very serene and that’s true since the beginning of the tournament.
“You have top focus on each match and we’re now in the quarter-finals. There is no point being stressed and putting yourself under pressure.
“The objective is to get through to the semi-finals.”
