France, Deschamps: “It is something exceptional”. Mbappè: “The dream of a lifetime”
SAINT PETERSBURG (Russia) – Didier Deschamps does not keep his enthusiasm in check, France has hit the third final of its history thanks to the 1-0 win against Belgium signed by Samuel Umtiti. “It is something exceptional. I am very happy for my players – says the coach of Bleus at TF1 -. They are young, but they have shown character and mentality. It was tough, but the goal did us good, a defender scored We worked a lot defensively, and I think we could have scored again in the final on the counterattack. Chapeau to my players and staff. We are very proud. We have been together for 49 days, many things have happened – Deschamps underlines -. The final I haven’t digested that two years ago at the European Championship against Portugal. ” The French president Emmanuel Macron also rejoices that he followed the game from the grandstand, alongside the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino: “We are in the final. Appointment on Sunday, to bring it back”.
PLAYERS IN HOLIDAY – “It is unimaginable – the words of Kylian Mbappè -. It is the dream of a life, of a future life, of everything. I have no words. Even in my greatest dreams I would never have imagined this, and I am a great We still have a stage. We all hugged each other, all the French are with us – says PSG’s talent on TF1’s microphones – I haven’t scored? I want to help the team, it’s the only thing that interests me. I don’t care about the Golden Ball, I want the World Cup. ” After the match in St. Petersburg also spoke Olivier Giroud, still dry in this World Cup: “It is exceptional, a dream. Now we have a game left, 90 minutes or more. The 1998 victory is an unforgettable and imperishable memory. I hope that we will have the opportunity to share our joy with all the French “.
PRIDE UMTITI – Hero of the evening Samuel Umtiti: “It is true that the winning goal is mine, but we achieved our goal, because we all worked together, we played as a real team and the reward is the final. We gave everything, in field there were 11 dogs ready to fight on each ball and it is with this spirit that you win. My goal? Crazy, before I remained in defense, but in recent days I watched my actions on the kicks placed and I decided to go on the first stake, tonight this choice paid off – explains the central of Barcelona -. We still don’t realize what we have done, but we know that we are doing something great. There is still a game to make everything become much bigger and we will do everything to win this World Cup. “