Both teams had talented young players who developed during the World Cup. Didier Deschamps appears in a different light at sporting events. He is animated and agitated no matter how France is doing. The France coach is the epitome of angst the rest of the time. Especially when speaking to the media before and after games.
Deschamps stated that the national team’s future was bright with a calm that could seem contradictory. After a final, that saw France swing between victory and defeat. Lionel Scaloni said the same thing about Argentina, which means that despite the unpredictability of international football. Both finalists could have teams that go deep in tournaments between now and 2026.
Deschamps said, “The French team has always had a huge number of players to choose from.” His team was the fifth defending champions to reach the World Cup final. “Regardless of whether they were youthful and didn’t have a lot of involvement. They demonstrated they could be at an undeniable level. Naturally, experienced players are always needed to assist the younger players.
However, the location of French players’ recruiting is crucial to ensuring that there are always options. I wasn’t stressed previously and I won’t stress now for what’s to come.” After pointing out that France had been in the final of the European championship in 2016, won the World Cup two years later. Won the Nations League in 2019, and lost the European title early in 2021, they were back in the final in 2022.
This is subsequent to missing various players because of wounds. Due to injuries, Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kante, Presnel Kimpembe, and Christopher Nkunku were not included in the World Cup squad. Subsequent to arriving at Doha, Karim Benzema, who has since reported his worldwide retirement, pulled out because of injury and Lucas Hernandez tore his main cruciate tendon in the initial match against Australia.
France brought a crew whose typical age was 26.5 to the World Cup. The youngest of the 32 teams was Ghana, at 24.7 years old, and the oldest was Iran, at 28.9 years old. In the final on Sunday, six of Deschamps’ starting players were under 30. Aurelien Tchouameni, a 22-year-old French player, was the youngest player to start and the only player born in the 2000s.
However, Eduardo Camavinga, a 20-year-old, was on the field by the time penalties were called.
Argentina’s average age was 27.8 years old. Six players under 30 made the starting lineup, just like France. Enzo Fernandez, 21, was their youngest participant in the final. The only other player in Argentina’s starting lineup who was born in this century is 22-year-old Julian Alvarez.
Scaloni stated, “We have got plenty of fresh and young lads who want to play.” Argentina’s “long football custom”, Scaloni said, assisted him with picking the program. The Argentina coach expressed regret at not being able to bring some of the players who had contributed to the prosperous 2021 Copa America. Of those 11 players, Giovani Lo Celso, who was injured, and Sergio Aguero, who has retired, were not among the 26 in Doha. The following is my message to them: They have to continue.