Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
French coach Didier Deschamps she asked her adopted children not to take her lightly Argentina in the final of the 2022 World Cup. France qualified for the final after defeating Morocco with a score of 2-0, on Thursday (15/12).
Deschamps recalled that the memory of the 4-3 victory over Argentina in the round of 16 of the 2018 World Cup in Russia is not a measure of Argentina’s current strength.
That very moment, he said, would become the basis for Lionel Messi’s revenge on Sunday’s match.
“Everything was different four years ago. Messi was brilliant from the start of the tournament,” said Deschamps after the match.
Deschamps added. “He Back then he used to play centre-forward, now he’s a cover behind the strikers”.
Deschamps admits that Messi is currently still one of the best players in the world. He was determined to stop Messi’s movements as best he could, against any threat given by the player nicknamed La Pulga.
“We will fight as much as possible, like Argentina which is also determined to stop our movement,” he said.
Messi, despite being the best player, has never won a World Cup trophy for Argentina. Four years ago, Messi had to accept the fact that Albiceleste had to be eliminated in the round of 16. At that time Argentina was beaten 4-3 by France.
This year is the sixth final in history for the Tango team.
Previously, Argentina reached the World Cup finals in 1930, 1978, 1986, 1990 and 2014. In this quadrennial event, they won the title twice, namely in 1978 and 1986.
(ain/nva)
