France Coach, Didier Deschamps has revealed how his team stopped Lionel Messi in the World Cup last 16.

France defeated Argentina 4-3 yesterday in an exciting match and progressed to the quarter-finals where they would face Uruguay.

It was a match where Messi could barely get on the ball but still provided two assists.

Kylian Mbappe proved too much with the 19-year-old scoring twice and also wining his team a penalty.

And Didier Deschamps has praised his team for closing out Messi and securing victory.

"I think my Argentinian counterpart wanted to give him more freedom to come behind our central midfielders, but we adapted to neutralise him," Deschamps said.

"[N'Golo] Kante was always marking him.

"We had two chances; stopping him getting on the ball, which we did a lot, and when he had it we had to have one on him and one just off him.

"He was subject to a unique vigilance. We knew the connection between [Javier] Mascherano, [Ever] Banega and Messi, if you want Messi to have less influence you have to block the other two."

The 31-year-old could yet have played his last World Cup.

Source:
http://www.sportdab.com.ng/2018/06/france-4-3-argentina-how-we-stopped.html

This guy above me Nawa for you ooooo

You stopped messi because his team was useless, because you only had him and di maria to worry about where was kante when messi scored two against Chelsea??

Forget this messi only knows how to carry barca not Argentina, why didn't Ronaldo carry his country yesterday??

Football is team work
A tree doesn't make a forest!

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Lionel Messi remains a great football whether Nigerians agree or not. If it's possible for them, coaches would assign half their players in the pitch just to stop Messi from performing. And yet he makes great influence in every game.

Though he's out of world cup , his bank account fattens everyday and some hoi polloi Nigerians would revel in disdaining him.

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Loved Dechamps since 1998... Captain of a perfect France 98 team

You won't shut up and hide your strategy from your opponent.

Jimmy231:
This guy above me Nawa for you ooooo

Why the beefing? It's a Sunday morning

That's nice one from France ..




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Good bye Messi. The world cup will miss u and the goat!

from doing what? what has it done to another opponent? wetin Iceland and Croatia go talk.

If Eagles had persisted for six more minutes Genot Rohr would have been the one boasting. . .

And Messi still found a way to score super eagles..

Nigeria have never gotten a draw let alone a win whenever Messi is featured..

That pretty much sums up the numerous hatred Nigerian, Man Utd and Arsenal fans have for him.

France = the only African team left in the world cup

I don't think coaches do more tactical drill on their team on how to mark ronaldo because ronaldo is easier to play with.....but if you want to play messi is a whole lot of sleepless night for the technical crew.....so who is your goat ?

The way dey take tie Messi for this world cup eh it's like the way village people dey tie people destiny in Nigeria movie, you would be useless.
One goal for four matches ohh I come dey pity am sef

CodeTemplar:
If Eagles had persisted for six more minutes Genot Rohr would have been the one boasting. . .

boasting ke! A part of me was happy we lost to Argentina because the French team would have beaten us blue black and we would have been embarrassed seriously.

Uglymugg:
You won't shut up and hide your strategy from your opponent.

Hahahaha

My belle o

Messi giving several teams sleepless night

wisino1:
I don't think coaches do more tactical drill on their team on how to mark ronaldo because ronaldo is easier to play with.....but if you want to play messi is a whole lot of sleepless night for the technical crew.....so who is your goat ?

Messi is the best player of this generation

[/font]Ngolo kante has always been messi's antidote

GisthoodBlog:
France Coach, Didier Deschamps has revealed how his team stopped Lionel Messi in the World Cup last 16.

France defeated Argentina 4-3 yesterday in an exciting match and progressed to the quarter-finals where they would face Uruguay.

It was a match where Messi could barely get on the ball but still provided two assists.

Kylian Mbappe proved too much with the 19-year-old scoring twice and also wining his team a penalty.

And Didier Deschamps has praised his team for closing out Messi and securing victory.

"I think my Argentinian counterpart wanted to give him more freedom to come behind our central midfielders, but we adapted to neutralise him," Deschamps said.

"[N'Golo] Kante was always marking him.

"We had two chances; stopping him getting on the ball, which we did a lot, and when he had it we had to have one on him and one just off him.

"He was subject to a unique vigilance. We knew the connection between [Javier] Mascherano, [Ever] Banega and Messi, if you want Messi to have less influence you have to block the other two."

The 31-year-old could yet have played his last World Cup.

Source:
http://www.sportdab.com.ng/2018/06/france-4-3-argentina-how-we-stopped.html

they cut messi supply , this french coach is the type and kind of coach nigeria needs

d way sars take dey harass boys
na so france take tackle messi
#end messi today#

Shut up Mr Deschamps, you didn’t stop Messi, your team isn’t that good. Messi was stopped by a terrible isi Akwu coach called sampaoli.. he managed to take a golden generation of Argentine and turned them into a laughing stock

CodeTemplar:
If Eagles had persisted for six more minutes Genot Rohr would have been the one boasting. . .

That one no be coach

Our coach keeps watching and admiring Messi till we conceded the second goal

if na say we meet france
e for be 10-2
france for disgracebus
spell nigeria name with extra

Iammelvin:

Messi is the best player of this generation

Na so

Messi: 1 goal in 4 matches
Musa: 2 goals in a single match

Best player indeed

Thukzee01:
France = the only African team left in the world cup

I so much agree

think dey say his amulet help him against supa Eagus. Pity! Dey too like Supa Eagus trust Dat DECEIVING PIG

france still conceded 3 goals.....how then did u stop Messi...

Argentina allowed France focus their men on him so they can have space in other areas...

annoying teams.

Belgium all the way joor