Jose Mourinho supports France to win the 2020 European Cup. France coach Didier Deschamps responded to Mourinho’s comments with a little innuendo.
With the status as the 2018 World Cup champion, France was strengthened by a number of top players at the 2020 European Cup. Blues have stars like Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema, Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kante, to Antoine Griezmann.
With this classy squad, Mourinho is favoring France to win the 2020 European Cup. The Portuguese coach said that France would be labeled a failure if it didn’t win.
“I don’t see any weakness. If I had to name a team to be champions, I would say they are, because the players are fantastic,” Mourinho said. The Sun.
“They have to win. Otherwise, it will not be a successful European Cup (for France),” said the AS Roma coach.
Didier Deschamps responded to the comments by alluding to Jose Mourinho’s failure at Tottenham Hotspur. However, Deschamps did not deny that France was indeed one of the seeds at the 2020 European Cup.
“Jose … I thought the same thing about his Tottenham, it didn’t go according to plan,” said Deschamps who then laughed. Mirror.
“With our status as world champions, we automatically become favorites, with an additional three years of experience. I have a very potential attack line. But not only that,” continued Deschamps.
“You talk about balance, but I don’t cut them off from midfield. We will do everything to keep the ball as long as possible, but there will be times when we won’t have the ball.”
“This is not pressure, this is reality, we are not going to run away from the debate: France are one of the favorites at this European Cup,” said Deschamps.
France are in Group F, a group that is touted as the hell group at Euro 2020. They have to compete with Portugal, Germany and Hungary.
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