France coach, Didier Deschamps has declared that the French nation will do everything humanly possible to stop Lionel Messi’s Argentina from winning the Qatar 2022 FIFA world cup.
France had earlier gotten a place in the World Cup final after a 2-0 win over Morocco.
When asked about Argentina’s pursuit of their third World Cup, with Messi hoping to emulate Diego Maradona in lifting the trophy.
Deschamps replied, ‘We will do everything humanly possible for that not to happen,’
Deschamps also went further to discuss the difference between the current Argentina side and the one his France side overcame four years ago in Russia.
France got a 4-3 win over Argentina in the last-16 in 2018, en route to lifting the World Cup for the second time.
‘He [Messi] actually played as a centre-forward against us, which caught us by surprise four years ago,’ Deschamps said. ‘Whereas now he is in tandem, just in behind the centre-forward, he is picking up the ball a lot and he is running with it and looking in great form.
‘He is one of the best players in the world and he has shown that, so of course we are going to try and counter Messi’s threat and stop him influencing the game and Argentina will try and stop the influence of some of my players.
‘This Argentina side is different to the one we played four years ago.
‘We have two sides with a great deal of quality and it will be up to key players to make a difference, maybe the team that makes fewest mistakes will win the game.’
