Didier Deschamps claims France will do ‘everything possible’ to deny Lionel Messi World Cup win

France coach Didier Deschamps has said his team will do “everything humanly possible” to prevent Lionel Messi from lifting the World Cup after the champions secured their place in Sunday’s final against Argentina.

Deschamps is aiming to lead France to back-to-back World Cup triumphs, with only a Messi-inspired Argentina standing in the way of Les Blues.

France earned their place in the World Cup final following a 2-0 win over the tournament’s surprise package Morocco, with goals from Theo Hernandez and Randal Kolo Muani clinching victory for the reigning champions.

Didier Deschamps says France will do everything possible to stop Lionel Messi from lifting the World Cup

Didier Deschamps looks to lead France to back-to-back World Cup titles on Sunday

Deschamps was asked about Argentina’s quest for its third World Cup, and Messi hoped to emulate Diego Maradona by lifting the trophy.

“We will do everything humanly possible to prevent that from happening,” Deschamps said. be in sport in a post-match interview. ‘At the end of the game, someone gets a third star on their jersey.’

Deschamps went into more detail in his post-match news conference, discussing the difference between Argentina’s current team and the one his France side beat four years ago in Russia.

The defending champions beat Morocco 2-0 in the semi-finals to maintain their title defense

France earned a 4-3 victory over Argentina in the round of 16 in 2018, en route to lifting the World Cup for the second time.

‘The [Messi] he actually played center forward against us, which caught us off guard four years ago,” Deschamps said. “While now he’s in tandem, right behind the center forward, he’s picking up the ball a lot and he’s running with it and it looks in great shape.”

He is one of the best players in the world and he has shown it, so of course we are going to try to counter the threat of Messi and prevent him from influencing the game and Argentina will try to stop the influence of some of my players.

Messi inspired Argentina’s 3-0 win over Croatia in the World Cup semifinal in Qatar

France beat Argentina 4-3 at the 2018 World Cup en route to lifting the trophy

‘This Argentina team is different from the one we played four years ago.

“We have two teams with a lot of quality and it will depend on the key players to make the difference, perhaps the team that makes the fewest mistakes will win the game.”

Antoine Griezmann has admitted that the prospect of facing Messi would present an entirely different size of challenge, after the Frenchman produced a man-of-the-match performance in the semi-final win against Morocco.

Messi said after Argentina’s 3-0 win over Croatia in the semifinals that the World Cup final would be his last game in the tournament.

The 35-year-old has inspired Argentina throughout his campaign, contributing five goals and three assists.

The World Cup is the only major trophy missing from Messi’s illustrious resume.

They previously reached the final in 2014, where Argentina suffered a 1-0 loss to Germany following a Mario Gotze goal in extra time.