For Christian Gourcuff, Argentina was “clearly superior” to the French team during the final of the 2022 World Cup.
Three months later, the 2022 World Cup final is still in all heads. Because Lionel Messi and the Argentines never stop celebrating their title with their supporters, even if it means falling back into certain excess oscene. And because Kylian Mbappé and the Blues, led that evening 2-0 to the 80e Minute of play, will undoubtedly live for a long time with the regret of not having been able to reverse the steam after returning to the score twice, at 2-2 then 3-3.
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In France, this cruel scenario also distorted the analysis which was sometimes made of this meeting, certain observers believing that the players of Didier Deschamps would have deserved more than those of Lionel Scaloni to win a third star. An opinion that Christian Gourcuff does not share. The former emblematic coach of Lorient actually believes that Albiceleste was the best team on the field on December 18.
Argentina “Clearly superior” to France
“I saw the match delayed to detach myself a little from the emotional aspect, he explains in a long interview granted to Football365.fr. When you look at the final, you can see that for 80 minutes, Argentina is much higher than France. And then at one point, it changes, in two minutes. Then there are the extensions where the French team can win. »» But where Randal Kolo Muani misses the opportunity to conclude by drinking on Emiliano Martinez.
“In media treatment and global opinion, we only retain the aspect of the result, where France could have won. While on the match, for 80 minutes, Argentina is much superior and completely deserves its victory ”,
underlines the 67-year-old technician, who ended his career after a last mixed experience on the bench of FC Nantes, interrupted in December 2020 after a heavy defeat conceded against Strasbourg (0-4).
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“It is not to deny the result since it is necessary to recognize that the French team could have won, but this global analysis of the meeting, we no longer see it, deplores the father of Yoann Gourcuff. Well, there is Michel Platini who expressed it a few days ago so it made me happy because if it is said, it feels like being anti-French, when it is just a question of accuracy in the analysis. We only look at things through the prism of the result. »»
