“It’s good to have a match like that”: Didier Deschamps, coach of the French football team on M6
“Even if in the second half it went down a bit, we were much less in danger. We should have scored before. It allowed to concern a lot of players this evening with the changes. For a friendly match, there will be good things to analyze in the positive but also to correct. It’s good to have matches like that compared to what awaits us this summer and especially at the end of the year. (On Saliba and Clauss) Live your first selection especially when you play here (in Marseille, editor’s note) with support in addition to the public. When we have matches like that, we have to take advantage of them. There will be another game on Tuesday, I will make other changes to distribute playing time. (On Giroud) He is in what he does with his club, he always has this quality of scoring, especially with his heading game. He could have put on a second one so obviously that made him happy. He got back into the group and so much the better for us that he was there tonight”.
“The team helps me a lot to show my personality”: Aurélien Tchouaméni, midfielder for the France team and scorer against Côte d’Ivoire
“It’s just the fruit of the work. As I have said from the start, I have goals and scoring my first goal in Blue was one of them. Now we can move on to another objective. There’s the team that helps me a lot to show my personality, that’s what helps me to be super comfortable on the pitch. In the first half we really attacked so Côte d’Ivoire had the opportunity to break through. In the second half we tightened the screws a bit and we didn’t concede a single chance. At the end we are rewarded”.
“We deserved this draw”: Patrice Beaumelle, coach of Côte d’Ivoire
“The very very high level is always played on details. If we want to advance this great nation of football, we must erase these errors. Tonight (Friday) I’m proud, we deserved this draw. We showed that we had a team capable of competing with the best. We even knew how to be seductive or even irresistible with the ball. This team has a soul. We are still working, and it will eventually pay off. I will not let go. Opposite, we saw a team that went for the win, which was successful, which is a war machine even if it could have been 50/50 at times. »