Ever wondered what happens behind closed doors at half time in a football match?
Ever wondered what happens behind closed doors at half time in the biggest football match in the world?
Wonder no more, and feast your eyes on this amazing footage from the French changing room at half time in Sunday's world cup final against Croatia. Manager Didier Deschamps takes centre stage as he instills a calm confidence into his team, who were leading Croatia 2-1 at the time.
Deschamps, who won the World Cup as a player in 1998 on home soil had led this group of players to the Euro 2016 final which they would lose to Portugal in extra time. With the squad a few years older, there was a serene confidence about the group as Deschamps singles out Mario Mandzukic as a player to be wary of - "be careful of him".
The French manager urges his team to remain relaxed and play as simple as possible and you can see the confidence oozing out of his players, Antoine Griezmann says at one point, "hey guys, loosen up right?".
"When you get the ball, boom. play it forward"
Varane and Paul Pogba are also heard chipping in with their advice along the same lines.
There's no panic in that French dressing room, the players can taste the World Cup and they show no signs of losing it, which transfers to the pitch as they go on and win the match 4-2 to win their second World Cup.
Watch the remarkable footage here:
