The France team is one of the main favorites to prevail at Euro 2020 and Deschamps wants his players to have only one thing in mind: the next game. In this sense, the French team, which faces Switzerland from 9 pm for a place in the quarterfinals, comes to the clash with the ‘penance’ of not being able to enjoy sex. At least in company.
And it is that the French coach, as collected by La Gazzetta dello Sport also echoing information from Le Parisien, imposed a sexual abstinence regime since the pre-tournament rally that prevents footballers from any contact with their wives and girlfriends.
In this way, the Griezmann, Mbappé, Pogba, Benzema, Kanté, Koundé or Varane, among others, have been without any physical contact with their partners for more than a month. “It’s tough, but it can’t be done any other way. You have to accept it”Griezmann laments. “Most of the players are in their twenties, and all they have left is, you know …”, relates a member of the French expedition.
“Abstinence – supports the same anonymous source – does not create tension, but it is a disputed topic. Also because it becomes difficult not even to be able to give a kiss or a caress to your wife or girlfriend “.
Didier Deschamps doesn’t want distractions.
FRANCK FIFE (AFP)
In defense of Didier Deschamps it should be noted that it is not a whim nor does it strictly respond to a habitual method of the technician. The reason is none other than to try preserve the bubble in which the French team lives and thus avoid possible risks of contagion as has happened in other selections.
Family days were also banned and contact with those closest to them during matches is limited. And if someone is tempted to break the rule, the service that ensures the safety of the Gauls, maintains surveillance to avoid night-time infiltrations or hotel leaks.
It remains to be seen if the measure, quite unpopular although assumed without discussion, gives the expected results to the current world champion. At this point, the worst thing for French players is that they are the favorites to win the trophy which implies that they still have a couple of weeks ahead of them until July 11, the date of the final.