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Deschamps retracts France will do “all humanly possible” to prevent Messi from winning a World Cup for the first time.
Didier Deschamps says that France will use “every humanly possible effort” to keep Lionel Messi from winning his first World Cup title.
The famous captain of Argentina Messi has guided his country to the Qatar 2022 national title game, which will take place on Sunday.
Seven-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi is desperate to add a first global title to his illustrious collection of honours, but France have no intention of rolling over for an all-time great as they seek to add a “third star” of their own to national team jerseys.
Deschamps has said of Messi chasing down a prize that will allow him to emulate the achievements of legendary countryman Diego Maradona: “We will do everything humanly possible for that not to happen. At the end of the match, someone is getting a third star on their shirt.”
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France previously savoured World Cup glory in 1998 and 2018 – while Argentina won football’s ultimate prize in 1978 and 1986 – but Les Bleus have seen their plans disrupted by a sickness outbreak in their squad.
Deschamps has added on having Dayot Upamecano and Adrien Rabiot back at his disposal on Sunday: “Dayot will be fit. He will be back. Since Saturday he has not been very well for about three days. He got back to training a bit last night. But he had a fever and that impacted his strength.
Given the tough match we had (a semi-final against Morocco), I decided not to play him and play (Ibrahima) Konate instead, because I know that he has already shown he’s good enough to play at that level. Adrien was sick and wasn’t well enough this afternoon and stayed in the hotel. Now we have three days to rest he should be better and available for Sunday.”
Messi and co now know that France knows how to win even when they are not playing at their best after they overcame Morocco 2-0 to get to the World Cup final.