Didier Deschamps revolutionizes France for Italy

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The words of Deschamps

Didier Deschamps spoke on the eve of the match with Italy: "In the Fifa ranking we are second, we are semifinalists in the European Championship. In the Nations League I decided to let the youngest players play and it certainly didn&#39t go as we hoped. But we are here, all games are important and even if we are qualified we know what we have to do. There will be some lineup changes, I need to see players".

"We need experience and also to adapt. There'è an experience and every situationè different, every morning I get up and tell myself that "I don&#39t know" what will happen; becauseé the environment is notè the same as 10 years ago, as well as the needs. I adapt by trying to maintain desire and serenity;. We will not have the same lineup as in the past games because I want to see more players, but I will not draw conclusions based on these matches. These are steps that are needed, I think it is the right time to make turnover based on what awaits us in the future" he explained.

"I am doing everything to keep the team’s level up, criticism is part of life as wellì as are compliments. All thisò will not affect my choices to allow the team to be the best it can be. È it is frustrating to have so many scoring chances and not score. On Monday è and Tuesday; many players needed to recover, they come off three-game weeks. The fatigue è physical and psychological. The traveling, the travel. But the motivation is there'è. Psychological fatigue è moreù difficult to quantify".

Closing remarks on his past: "I spent"so many years in Italy, it always makes me happy to come back. As a player it was always a special challenge becauseé they won often and it was said that France never won".

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