Changes are happening now. Three days after the victory of the French team against Brazil, Didier Deschamps will make extensive changes to the lineup this Sunday against Colombia. « This is the moment to do it. After, ten or eleven… I’m not going to make twelve of them, joked the coach the day before this final match before the World Cup roster announcement. I want to see as many players as possible on the field. » Could this disrupt his players? « There are fewer reference points. It could harm the offensive animation a bit, but we can’t have it all, he admitted. There’s a team in front of us, and Colombia is a very good team, with very good players, but that won’t make me change the primary objective. »
Final rehearsal before the selection for the Blues
This is about refining his choices regarding the players who will be invited to come back to the United States, in a little less than three months. But there’s no question for DD to rely solely on this final rehearsal against the Cafeteros. « No, they are not playing for their place, he assures about the men who will be lined up. I’m not going to have fixed ideas, because I don’t have all the data yet. But even if I take 26 players, some would deserve to be there, but they won’t be. They have everything to gain, not everything to lose. What they do won’t condemn them. »
We have the right not to completely believe him.
