“He’s a huge lazybones,” Acherchour takes down Deschamps

Despite qualifying for the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 against Belgium (1-0), the French team and its coach Didier Deschamps are the subject of strong criticism. The reason? A game deemed too defensive and unattractive, coupled with a glaring offensive inefficiency.

The only goal of the match, an own goal by Jan Vertonghen provoked by Randal Kolo Muani, only fueled the criticism. Journalist Walid Acherchour did not mince his words and pointed out the lack of offensive animation of the Blues.

“He has to do things and he never did them”

“Whatever happens, whether at the start of the match or during the match, Didier Deschamps’ minimalist offensive aspect hinders the French team and hinders the individual players in this team, that’s my opinion. I’m not saying I know everything, but that’s my opinion. This French team is totally pissing me off. In terms of competitiveness, this team is playing on one foot, sometimes to the right, sometimes to the left, it’s not competitive offensively and Didier Deschamps is responsible for that because he’s a huge slacker.”he judged.

Acherchour criticizes Deschamps’ lack of offensive work and his reluctance to take risks. “Today he didn’t work on his offensive animation, so he thinks it’s not possible. But what you had in 2022 with Dembélé, you can have with Barcola. Against teams like Belgium, Austria or the Netherlands, whether at the start of the game or at the end of the game, he has to do things and he never did,”
he breathed.