'Wise' decision to keep Mbappe on bench - Deschamps

  • 3 months ago
Didier Deschamps explains why he kept France captain Kylian Mbappe on the bench against the Netherlands
Transcript
00:00No, no, I'm not going to bluff. It's better that way.
00:05Every passing day is a day to win.
00:10If it had been a decisive match today, I might have thought differently,
00:17even though it's important for me to have the feeling that he's there.
00:23He had a shock. The fact that he has a hematoma that needs to disappear,
00:32wearing a mask that changes his vision a bit,
00:37and because of the risks, every passing day brings us closer to a consolidation
00:47that is better every day.
00:50So, today, after what happened yesterday, the day before yesterday,
00:58it was more wise for him to stay on the bench.

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