Didier Deschamps says he ‘won’t criticise’ Paraguay for the way they played | OneFootball

France manager Didier Deschamps says he won’t criticise Paraguay for the way they played in their 1-0 World Cup round of 16 defeat to France, but he is shocked that they received no yellow cards.

Paraguay were playing a defensive game and making a fair amount of fouls, but France came away with three red cards while the South American side didn’t receive one.

They did give away a penalty in the 70th minute which ultimately decided the game, Kylian Mbappe scoring it.

And Deschamps said he was proud of his players for the win: “It wasn’t easy. They used every resource possible. It is maybe not the kind of football that brings people to the stadium, playing with that aggression, exaggerating everything.

“We stayed focused on our game. It was difficult, they had lots of men behind the ball and they defend well. Obviously the temperatures made it hard to play with intensity and without that they defended well.

“I am not going to criticise the referee, but we finished the game with three bookings and yet there were a lot of things going on.

“I won’t criticise Paraguay. Every team can play however they want, but I could do without the insults.

“The most important thing is that there were no incidents at the end. But all that matters is that we have qualified.”