Analysis of Football Player Performance

I don't call that a dignified entrance, I call it a whimsical entrance.

Actually, I don't understand why he's doing that.

It's as if he walks in and thinks, 'Hey, I'm going to have fun playing the clown.'

And yet, that's not like him.

I want to believe that's no longer like him.

I don't even know if he was playing the clown, he missed quite a few things.

When I say that, it's a bit like he played in an absolutely unintelligent way.

Even though he had made progress in that area, we didn't really see that kind of thing anymore.

Even though this year, we know that Pep Guardiola clashed with him a bit at times.

But I wanted to see progress.

And especially when joining the French national team,

and to perhaps be the one who, when Olise is tired or imagines a catastrophe,

Olise can't play, he's the one who takes the keys.

And I really liked him in the warm-up match, the first of the two.

Against Ivory Coast at first.

Where I said, he comes on, he tries things, he's brave, he wants the keys, he's motivated and all.

But I didn't like his cameo tonight.

Tonight's cameo, controlling the ball with the sole of his foot, like he's playing five-a-side with his mates,

where I drop back, mess around a bit, and run all over the pitch.

I lose an important ball, because against Ireland, he already lost an important ball.

I lose a ball in an area where I shouldn't lose it.

At that point, I think, why are you playing the show-off?

That's something you have to cut out of your game.

Now, it's serious.

It's the Sharkey who has improved.

It's the Sharkey who has become smart.

It's the Sharkey who is aiming for maturity.

That's the one we want to see now.

What's a shame, Daniel, above all, is that with those substitutions…

Don't play the show-off with me, Lasmell.

With those substitutions, what scares me is that beyond whether they get involved or not,

that's his game, it's especially the intensity.

No, no, that's not his game.

It's mainly the intensity.

Meaning that, in fact, he'll eliminate errors from the equation if he continues.

And that's what scares me.

It's that we want him in the second half of the match.

Do you know why he's out of the equation?

He's out of the equation because from the moment there was a debate,

he could believe he might eventually be a starter for Les Bleus

because he is ambitious.

He shouldn't react like that.

No, but I mean, he legitimately had the opportunity to think about it

and try to win his place.

And we had those debates among ourselves, saying, "Hey, what if what's-his-name…"

And we said ourselves, in Deschamps' mind, he'd probably be better off the bench.

I think Cherki, from what I was told about the first match,

he was itching to come on, he came on too late in his eyes, for his taste.

This time, he got some playing time, so, as always, he wanted to prove himself.

But he failed miserably.

And in my opinion, not having a starting spot,

and not being sure of getting much playing time...

And ultimately, in a match like this, which he probably thought would be easy

because he thought they could handle the opposition.

Actually, it's not that he doesn't have the right mindset,

it's that he's not in the right mood, he's not in the team's mood.

Barco, when he came on the other day, he was in the mood of a guy

who was going to be lethal, who was going to be clinical,

who knew he had just a few moments to prove himself.

As Conney said, when you read between the lines,

in the answer he gave, I think it was to Fabrice Hawkins.

He explained the thing to him a bit, saying,

"I was a starter, that's no small thing, I went for it."

I think that, unfortunately, he missed out on that.

And seeing the message that Deschamps will send against Norway,

whether he starts or doesn't come on,

if he doesn't start, if he doesn't come on, it's going to be interesting.

Samuel on Cherki.

Personally, I think he's starting to understand too.

I think he lacks a bit of maturity.

That's really the word, he lacks maturity.

when he comes on, and I don't think it's even about talent, who cares,

whether he carries the ball, it's not even about that, but the maturity to say to himself

I'm coming on and in the end it's the intensity, as Walid was saying,

the intensity that I'm going to bring that will be super important

and it's not necessarily doing that trick that will make me a starter.

And I think that, he lacks maturity, but he is still young,

even if we've been saying it since, he understood certain things from his season with City,

but now, this role that he currently has in the French team,

I don't think he's experienced it, maybe he expected something else,

but the maturity to accept that and to come in with other things on his mind.

I think being a bit outside of the history that is being written…

But it's too early, he shouldn't react like that, I don't know if he is reacting like that…

No, but I'm just telling you that being a tiny bit outside of the Fantastic Four

upfront, and the debate surrounding it—you see, Dembélé is in the debate,

we can say all we want that it's complicated and he needs to find his place,

he is in the equation.

Now, he feels he's a bit less in the equation, and I put that down to…

But if what you're saying is true…

I just hope it's not true.

I hope it's a real problem because Cherki can't…

He shouldn't have any expectations for the French team,

he has to give his all to be part of the squad

and to potentially make a real impact when he comes on,

but he can't be thinking, 'Well, I had expectations and they weren't met…'

I'm not saying that's…

Besides, honestly…

It's not a bad attitude, it's disappointment, it's processing it.

I absolutely do not want to believe that.

I don't want to believe it.

Me neither, me neither.

But on the other hand, he might be disappointed by Flo.

Just like with Dembélé, for his position, it's a kind of disappointment-processing.

That's me, like, pulling a face and not caring.

When you come on, you make an entrance too, four, five, six, seven, eight…

You shave down what you do every day.

Where you're right is that maybe…

Because I was at the stadium against Senegal, and I was right next to him.

Maybe Barcola, who comes on first…

But I don't think it's negative, though,

he might be in a mood where, in his football,

he's not at his best.

On the other hand, I hope what we saw against Iraq is a warning.

And because, I repeat,

but Cherki coming off the bench is a real weapon.

The real Cherki.

The real Cherki coming off the bench for the rest of the competition

is a real weapon.

And if we've lost him, if we don't have him anymore,

for me, it's still a problem.

That's a problem in my vision for the French team.

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