VIDEO SHOWS: POST MATCH PRESS CONFERENCES WITH UKRAINE COACH SERHIY REBROV AND FRANCE COACH DIDIER DESCHAMPS EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: FRENCH AND UKRAINIAN TRANSLATIONS WERE GENERATED USING AI TOOLS. MORE ACCURATE TRANSLATIONS WILL BE MADE IN THE MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY, CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME SHOWS: 1. FRANCE COACH, DIDIER DESCHAMPS, ENTERING PRESS CONFERENCE 2. (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRANCE COACH, DIDIER DESCHAMPS, SAYING: “I understand that it is logical and normal for the French team to qualify but lo and behold, there are always opponents and today we did what was worth. We could not qualify before, moreover. So as soon as we had the opportunity, a lot of pride, of course. For the whole group, the staff who are by my side. It should not be trivialised. We don't trivialise. But I am not very expressive, I recognise that, especially here. Afterwards, in my life, maybe a little bit more, thankfully.” 3. PEOPLE AT PRESS CONFERENCE 4. (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRANCE COACH, DIDIER DESCHAMPS, ON KYLIAN MBAPPE, SAYING: “When he is at that level, for the opponents, it is complicated. And then, for us, it makes things easier. We were talking at a time when he had a drought for how many matches. Now it's the other way around. He is extremely decisive, as he is with his club. It's a long season. He plays a lot. It is good. Who stays that way, but that's true for him and for other players as well. It's true that the accumulation means that, but today he played his role perfectly on and off the field as captain of this French team.” 5. DESCHAMPS LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE 6. JOURNALIST AT WORK 7. UKRAINE COACH, SERHIY REBROV, AT PRESS CONFERENCE 8. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) UKRAINE COACH, SERHIY REBROV, SAYING: “I think two key points. The first penalty was in the goal of France. As far as I looked, he was stitching with his foot open. As for me, it's a penalty. But I decided how I decided. And the penalty into our goal, yes. These two are key moments in the game. But I don't think France created so many moments like that in the second half. Having said that to the players, we really defended with disciplin in the first half and gave almost nothing to France. And in the second half, I completely agree. Unfortunately, we lost 4-0, but we have the time and opportunity to fix it in the future.” 9. PRESS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS 10. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) UKRAINE COACH, SERHIY REBROV, SAYING: “I think, unfortunately, today's game with the French National Team, in any case, the players understood that this game does not solve much. Alas. I think the players came out, unfortunately, in that mood, but I can't put them in something where they didn't run or did something wrong. But everyone understands that the next game will be decisive, and I am sure: all the guys will be tuned in and ready for that game now.” 11. PEOPLE SEATED AT PRESS CONFERENCE / REBROV LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE STORY: France's expertise in qualifying was in full display again as they booked a spot for their eighth consecutive World Cup after a Kylian Mbappe double helped to secure a 4-0 home victory against Ukraine on Thursday (November 13). Les Bleus, who are unbeaten in a Euro or World Cup qualifying game since 2019, will be seeded when the draw for the June 11-July 19 tournament in the United States, Mexico and Canada is made on December 5. Next year's finals will be coach Didier Deschamps’s last in charge. Captain Mbappe found the back of the net twice in the second half of an emotionally charged game that was played on the 10th anniversary of attacks that killed 130 people in Paris. He scored either side of Michael Olise’s 76th-minute goal, before Hugo Ekitike added a late fourth. France top Europe's Group D with 13 points from five games and have an unassailable six-point lead over second-placed Iceland. They will face bottom-placed Azerbaijan in their final qualifier on Sunday (November 16). (Production: Antony Paone, Kurt Michael Hall)
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