Despite the heartbreaking defeat in the World Cup final to Argentina on Sunday, coach Didier Deschamps thanked kindly fans for Their unwavering loyalty and enthusiasm support On the French team back to Paris.
Les Bleus was looking to become first team To retain the World Cup since Brazil in 1962, but were beaten 4-2 on Penalty kicks from Argentina after an exciting 3-3 draw.
Kylian Mbappe hat trick She helped France recover from 2-0 down then 3-2 down but Aurelien Chaumeny and Kingsley Coman failed To convert in shoot-out Like Deschamps men fell into a heartbreaking defeat.
However, the team A large crowd of people upon their return to Paris on Monday, Deschamps expressed his appreciation for the support After such a crushing loss.
“It’s us duty with the players To thank all these French men And the women who supported us And he gave a lot of The strength for this is the France group, he told TF1. “We shared the wonderful feelings even if the ending was harsh and painful.
“We must not forget all of this group did while having a lot of Difficulties before and during the World Cup. They experienced wonderful feelings during this month of competition. “
Captain Hugo Lloris echoed his voice head coach feelings after losing her out on has become first man to his master team to the World Cup twice.
After the pain of Loris said yesterday, (reception) a bit of a rest. The most important thing is recognition of Fans, even as an athlete we would have loved to have that gold medal and bring it on cup back to France.”
France is now turning its attention to the 2024 European Championship in Germany, where they will look forward to it win the tournament for for the third time.
Loris forced him team To transfer their strong mentality from Qatar to next competition, adding: “Despite what happened before and during tournamentWe showed flexibility, we stayed group. We have to keep at it for Euro”.
striker Olivier Giroud, who He surpassed Thierry Henry of all time in France record scorer in Qatar, added: “We’ll go there give each other a big Hug and go on A vacation to recharge our batteries, because there is a season finish.
“It’s always hard to leave A group with which we spent a month and a half. we like a familyand like the brothers.”
