Nobody in the World Championship has Deschamps’ arsenal. And Bayern’s jewel in the center changes the hierarchies
On Tuesday, for forty-five minutes, France looked like a team rich in talent but poor in ideas. Senegal’s wall held up, the dangers created were few and Olise, Dembélé and Doué, behind Mbappé, were unable to find rhythm and play. The right movewhich is destined to have a future in this World Cup adventure, Deschamps put it into practice at half-time, moving Olise to the attacking midfield role and Dembélé to the right. What made the difference was the talent of Bayern Munich for whom Florentino Perez is ready to make a market spree (there are those who claim a proposal worth over 200 million is ready) just to add him to the list of his Galacticos. Message for sailors: France hasn’t played brilliant football for months, but they have a lot of class and possible solutions that allow them to change the match at any time. That’s why she is considered among the favorites, if not the favorite, to lift the trophy on July 19 at New York New Jersey Stadium. Especially after Tuesday’s test, that is, with Olise in action.
assists and more
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Bayern’s talent in the second half became what the Bleus had been missing: it gave presence between the lines, danger, verticalisations and unpredictability. All characteristics that Dembélé, used to playing the false new in PSG, was unable to bring to the friendly against Northern Ireland and to his debut in the World Cup. “Olise guaranteed connections between the departments in the heart of the game” summarized Deschamps who saw his teammates looking for Micheal more than when he starts from the right. It is no coincidence that it was he who provided the assist for the 1-0 to Mbappé (during the cooling break Kylian told him that the goal was all thanks to him) and who made other important plays, which gave courage to the team. He didn’t limit himself to the “homework”, but received the ball trying to create numerical superiority or the hole. “When he is high on the right he has the ability to break through, but when he positions himself between the opposing lines, his passing quality allows him to find our attackers“. In the second half against Senegal he was the offensive director who was missing and suddenly Mbappé was no longer isolated and underserved: the Real center forward began to sprint as he knows how, to challenge the defenders one-on-one because he was set in motion at the right times. Kylian and Michael speak the same football language and find themselves with their eyes closed. “The more Olise touches the ball, the better it is for us” concluded Deschamps, while Jurgen Kloop, commentator for Magenta TV, he was even more explicit: “I have never been so impressed by a player at a World Cup. Olise is complete and makes the difference with the ball at his feet. All teams would like him“. In fact, he is a great regret for England (where he was born), Nigeria (his father’s country) and Algeria (his mother is French-Algerian): he could have chosen another of these national teams and instead his admiration for Zidane and Henry made his choice easy. He even learned French and, despite remaining a shy boy, off the pitch he bonded with everyone.
abundance
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Now Deschamps inevitably reflects. On Monday against Iraq he wants to win to secure qualification and to play for first place with Norway on the 26th with more confidence. Up front he has Mbappé and Mateta as first strikers, while for the three roles behind the center forward, Olise, Dembélé, Doué, Barcola, Cherki, Thuram and Akliouche are competing for positions. Olise has become the mainstay in the attacking midfield, but the abundance is truly impressive: there isn’t another national team with this attacking weight at the World Cup and DD intends to exploit it, starting from the certainties, namely captain Mbappé number 9 and Olise behind him. With them, France is ready to fly and amaze.
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