After the fiasco of the France national team in South Africa, Didier Deschamps was worried about the form, especially the psychological state, of the two Olympians called up to “les Bleus”: Steve Mandanda who did not play and Mathieu Valbuena who came on against Mexico. "I had Steve on the phone and I sent a text message to Mathieu. They are going to have three weeks to clear their minds and then refind their smiles and good humour here. What happened left a trace, even if they were not that involved as they did not play much … Life goes on, but all of the people who were present there will have been affected. What I want is to get them back the way I left them. I will need both of them, but for the moment they need to relax and have a good vacation”.
