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Turn on the hairdryer mode! Deschamps scolded the French team at halftime: The pace was too slow and the game was too slow.

4:52pm, 13 October 2025Football

October 12th: After the French team defeated Azerbaijan 3-0 in the World Cup qualifying match, RMC disclosed the content of coach Deschamps's lecture in the midfield locker room. Although the team ended the first half with a 1-0 lead, Deschamps was extremely angry with the team's slow pace and static style of play.

Deschamps bluntly criticized in the locker room: "As long as we run more and have more speed, we can put them in trouble, but we are simply too slow! I have emphasized it to you. At this pace, they will not be tired at all, and neither will we."

He further pointed out that the team's performance is completely dependent on The star's personal performance: "If it weren't for Mbappe's last move, we didn't cause them any trouble at all. We played too slowly."

"You have to do better, guys! To be better, as a whole. We have to press the switch and turn on the light."

Deschamps's words had an immediate effect. In the second half, the French team accelerated the pace of the game, expanded the score with Rabiot and Thauvin, and eventually won 3-0.

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