France 0-2 Spain: French media react to disappointing World Cup semi-final defeat – Football news with L’Equipe player ratings

French media gave a candid assessment of the national team after their World Cup semi-final exit to Spain on Wednesday morning.

France were below their usual high standards as they were beaten 2-0 in Dallas by the European champions. Mikel Warzabal’s first-half penalty was backed up by Pedro Porro’s second-half strike as France’s front four fell flat.

team Running with an image of a helpless Kylian Mbappe and the headline “Fallen Star” – adding the team were “powerless” to stop Spain.

The paper also published their atrocious player ratings, with some of the biggest stars given low scores. No player is rated above 5/10.

Lucas Digne Spain were given 2/10 for their role in giving away penalties, but Ousmane Dembele And Michael Ollis Scored the same despite a ineffective display in attack.

Kylian Mbappé 3/10 was given with France head coach Didier Deschamps, who takes charge of his final match in charge of the national team in the third place play-off on Saturday.

the parisian went by the title “Rude Awakening” – saying the team “didn’t find the key to dismantling the Spanish Armada”.

Martin ran Their front page used the Spanish word for “frustration” – Didier Deschamps’ side were “outclassed” by their opponents.

Le Figaro Spain “Taught France a Lesson” Western France Harr described it as “the end of the American dream”.

Every paper in France has Kylian Mbappe as their front page photo with a disappointed look.

‘We lost to ourselves’ – how the team reacted

France midfielder Ryan Cherky:

“It’s a huge disappointment, huge because today we lost to ourselves. We didn’t lose to the referee, we didn’t lose to Spain, we lost to ourselves. Here, you all know, we all know we were a force to be reckoned with. The only team capable of eliminating us was ourselves, and that’s exactly what happened today.”

France head coach Didier Deschamps:

“The Spanish team is a strong team. It’s tough and today proved their ability. We were below our standards, we made more technical errors than before. And although I believe the whole thing will recover, they didn’t. I have really good and top players on the bench, but William Saliba was injured, Adrien Rabiot was at risk because of the yellow card.

“It’s mainly because of that – and we know the skill of the Spanish team. And hoping to win, we should have been maximum and given everything and unfortunately we didn’t. So, we’re very disappointed tonight. And the first part is important – some decisions were questionable.”