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My last thread about France because I won't be watching any more football until the leagues return
Zidane’s experiment of deploying Ousmane Dembélé as a false nine proved to be a glaring tactical error that cost the team fluidity, depth and resulted in a complete disconnect with Michael Olise. Dembélé’s chronic inconsistency in decision making destroyed the link-up play in the final third; his inability to hold up play against centrebacks or read the spaces between the lines left Olise isolated, leading to a constant loss of attacking threat and misplaced passes. The irrefutable proof of the error came in a single, crisp sequence: a single linkup between Kylian Mbappé and the midfield was enough to break down Turkey’s deeplying block and score the winning goal.
The theory is clear: Zidane realised straight away that France’s system only reaches its peak performance when Mbappé acts as the main attacking threat (a ‘number 9’ free to drift out wide), but Kylian’s untimely injury brought his master plan for a tactical adjustment to a halt. Faced with this emergency, the situation on the pitch forced Zidane to improvise by deploying Désiré Doué in that position.
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Zidane’s experiment of deploying Ousmane Dembélé as a false nine proved to be a glaring tactical error that cost the team fluidity, depth and resulted in a complete disconnect with Michael Olise. Dembélé’s chronic inconsistency in decision making destroyed the link-up play in the final third; his inability to hold up play against centrebacks or read the spaces between the lines left Olise isolated, leading to a constant loss of attacking threat and misplaced passes. The irrefutable proof of the error came in a single, crisp sequence: a single linkup between Kylian Mbappé and the midfield was enough to break down Turkey’s deeplying block and score the winning goal.
The theory is clear: Zidane realised straight away that France’s system only reaches its peak performance when Mbappé acts as the main attacking threat (a ‘number 9’ free to drift out wide), but Kylian’s untimely injury brought his master plan for a tactical adjustment to a halt. Faced with this emergency, the situation on the pitch forced Zidane to improvise by deploying Désiré Doué in that position.
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My opinion of Doué as 9:
Doué possesses exceptional dribbling ability, a low centre of gravity and excellent ball control under pressure, which allows him to play with his back to goal better than Dembélé.
He is not a permanent solution for the centreforward position at the highest international level. He lacks the instinct in the box, the aggressive movement to break free from his marker and the physical presence required for the role in the most demanding international matches. He serves as a creative stopgap, but lacks a goalscoring presence.
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The tactical flaw Zidane must rectify:
For this France side to function without Mbappé, the coaching staff must realise that the “#9” cannot simply be a wingforward playing out of position. He needs to pin the opposition’s defensive line in place to free up the central channel for secondline players such as Olise; if the false nine occupies the same receiving areas as the central midfielders, the team becomes predictable, congested and easy to defend against.
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Kylian, you will always be loved
🚨 MARK VAN BOMMEL DÉÇU DE NE PAS AFFRONTER KYLIAN MBAPPÉ ! 🇧🇪🇫🇷
Avant le choc de Ligue des Nations demain face aux Bleus, le sélectionneur de la Belgique s'est exprimé sur le forfait du capitaine tricolore :
🗣️ « Je trouve dommage que Mbappé ne soit pas là, car on préfère toujours affronter les meilleurs joueurs.
Je ne sais pas exactement de quelle blessure il souffre, mais j’aurais aimé qu’il soit avec nous. »
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I knew that the zz saw what I saw that that 9 is horrible, and that his world came up when Kylian was injured because he could not put him back in the center again in the following games, it was a mistake that he had to make and he had to see so that he would stop insisting
🚨 DÉSIRÉ DOUÉ POURRAIT DÉBUTER EN NUMÉRO 9 FACE À LA BELGIQUE DEMAIN !!! 🇫🇷
À LA PLACE DE DEMBÉLÉ !!!
C’est ce que Zinedine Zidane a testé lors de la dernière mise en place à l’entraînement.
🗞️ @lequipe
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