We have not seen everything. Of France-Argentina there are still some images that have escaped most people and that reveal how much the final was also the scene of a very tough settling of accounts inside the transalpine dressing room. In fact, after the Blues’ return to their homeland, French broadcasters are showing some images that question the compactness of the French dressing room at the decisive moment, that of the World Cup final in Qatar. And so after the frost for Giroud’s replacement after just 40 minutes, the cameras immortalized a brawl between Deschamps e Thuram at the end of the first extra period.
Apparently the French coach would have given very clear information to the son of the former defender of the Juventus. Directions that, however, would not have been followed. And so at the end of the first overtime all hell broke loose a stone’s throw from the French bench.
Deschamps was stopped by his assistant who tried to restore calm. In fact, the assistant coach would have explained to Thuram the movements requested by the coach to put them into practice during the second overtime. Only the intervention of Deschamps’ assistant prevented the worst. In a final like the one between France and Argentina, the voltage it can really skyrocket, and all in front of hundreds of video cameras framing every inch of the pitch.
