The tirade lasted six minutes, during which Didier Deschamps expressed his tension after Hubert Fournier’s comments concerning the preparation of penalty shootouts with the France team. On February 9, on RMC Sport, the National Technical Director invited the coach to prepare this exercise in greater detail.
“He is the one responsible and everything starts from him,” Fournier said. It would take both a set-up and the weeks or days before the possible penalty shootout to prepare the players. He will have to offer them a scenario while trying as much as possible to contextualize the penalty shootout. And then he will have to offer them varied exercises which will allow them to create personal confidence among the shooters. And then it will also be necessary to prepare, in the same way as that for the match, a real strategy linked to this specificity that is shooting on goal. »
“The national coaches, the goalkeepers, the video analysts… They are competent guys who prepare the sessions”
Didier Deschamps on the subject of Hubert Fournier’s declaration
It’s an understatement to say that Didier Deschamps didn’t appreciate it. ” It makes me feel uncomfortable. I find it inappropriate, and I would even say disrespectful, he said this Thursday, on the sidelines of the announcement of the players selected for the friendly matches against Germany (March 23) and Chile (March 26). It’s not in relation to me but in relation to all the national coaches, the goalkeepers, the video analysts… They are competent guys, who prepare the sessions (…) There is no problem, I make sure to understand, I rely on the DTN… Afterwards, that there may be bad intentions, it is common knowledge. But you need experience. Being on the bench, managing, it’s important. The coaches of the national youth teams are on the bench. And I have respect. »
The coach of the France team once again explained his position on shots from goal: “It’s always the same: it’s a balance of power between the shooter and the goalkeeper. It’s not that I consider that it cannot be worked on, but I am convinced – and my past as a player gives me information – that it is impossible to recreate a situation, on a psychological level, between training and a match with overtime. It’s very good that there are studies on this. »
2024-03-14 14:32:59
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