Deschamps reveals why Saliba was substituted for France

France manager Didier Deschamps has revealed that William Saliba’s inexperience was the reason for his substitution at halftime of France’s 2-0 defeat to Denmark.

France went two nil down at the break in their final Nations League group game, and former world cup winner made the decision to take the Arsenal defender alongside Real Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga out of the game.

Despite the changes, the result did not change and Deschamps admitted via the Mirror that his ‘young French side’ caused him some issues in the game.

“I don’t think it’s a shipwreck, we also had a lot of chances but we were ineffective, we made some errors when playing out from the back,” he said.

“It’s a young French side, where the majority of the players don’t have experience at the very highest level. It’s not a question of formations, but when you have four corners and a Danish player is left alone each time, you can play with three, five or twelve at the back, it doesn’t change a thing.”

The 53-year-old went on to add that it’s not the time to panic after such a performance with the World Cup just less than two months away.

“There’s no need to worry, the fact that the players with international experience are coming back will do us good,” he said.

“Obviously, we have young, quality players who are learning but the important thing is to recover all our vital, experienced players for two months’ time.”