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Deschamps: Iceland is not for nothing
If you want to say that the biggest dark horse in this European Championship must be the Icelandic team that eliminated England to reach the top 8 of the European Championship. Host France will face Iceland in the quarter-finals, and French coach Deschamps said in a pre-match press conference that France cannot be as light as England, Iceland is not just a fish-belly team that will only pass long passes.
Iceland reversed England's historic reach of the Quarter-Finals of the European Championship in the quarter-finals, where Ragnar Sigurdson's equalising goal for Iceland came from Gunnnalson's powerful throw from the right, and Iceland's long pass was enough to frighten every team he played against.
French coach Deschamps also seemed more modest when talking about the Icelandic team, "We all know that Iceland can get to this point is definitely not accidental, they are definitely not simply relying on long passes to reach the top 8. They have more out-of-bounds balls than corners in every game, and they can take advantage of those opportunities. ”
"But they don't just have that tactic, they don't just pass the ball forward, they can also move the ball flexibly on the pitch. There are a lot of players in the Icelandic team who have outstanding individual abilities, such as Sigsorsen, Sigurdsen and Arnaeussen. More importantly, we need to be prepared to meet the challenge.
Against Iceland, Deschamps had to make adjustments to the team's backline, and against Ireland, the team's centre-back Lamy and back Kanter both received yellow cards, and according to the new rules of this European Championship, the two will not qualify for the 1/8 final of the European Championship with Iceland.
Three days ago, Barca officially announced the signing of France international Umtiti, and when talking about the transfer, Deschamps laughed and said, "Do you want me to tell you about Mangara's strength?" Or, you just don't know his strength? ”
"Umtiti has a lot of experience in big competitions, after all, he has already played for Lyon in the Champions League and he has also won the U21 championship with France. He's very confrontational and on the defensive end, his first touch is also talented, he has the ability to play in Spain and he will continue to improve at Barcelona. ”
(Yu Xiaoyue)
Editor-in-charge: Hanwang