Although France achieved the World Cup title for the second time in its history as the team that wins the most expensive football titles in the last 20 years, and more than 3 times have reached the final in the same period from the major teams.
This is equivalent to a number of the national team achieving record numbers, as coach Didier Deschamps became the third person to achieve the World Cup as a player and coach, after the Brazilian Zagallo and the German Beckenbauer, as he was the leader of the French battalion in the World Cup 98 and returned to achieve it after 20 years as a coach, and became Mbappe (19 years). ), winner of the Best Young Player award in the World Cup, the second youngest player to score 4 goals in the World Cup final since Brazilian legend Pele, who scored in the 1958 World Cup at the age of 17.
Defender Raphael Varane became the 11th player in football history to win the Champions League and the World Cup in one season.
In front of this individual and collective distinction of the world champions, the bad side of the French national team stands out, represented by striker Giroud, who mainly participated in all of his team’s matches in the World Cup for more than 500 minutes, but he was unable to make his mark, as he was unable to score any of the team’s goals. His 14th country, and contented himself with making a single goal against the Argentine national team, and the number of his shots reached 13, all outside the goal frame.
However, a category believes that the player played wonderful tactical roles that facilitated the tasks of Mbappe and Griezmann to score, annoyed the defenders by always winning air balls, and contributed defensive roles even though he did not fulfill his primary duty as a traditional spearhead in scoring goals and translating opportunities, to be the first striker in the history of World Cups to participate in the main. It fails to register.
Naeem Tamim Al-Hakim (Jeddah) @naeemtamimimalhac
