“I had a very young group, 14 of them were on a discovery journey in the World Cup. But the quality was there. My greatest source of pride with this group is that they managed to have the right state of mind for such a tournament. I repeat all the time: never give up, never give up anything.
“There are imperfections and today we didn’t do everything right but we do have those mental and psychological qualities that were decisive for this World Cup. In the first half of this final we didn’t have much but we were leading 2-1.
“So, of course the question to be asked is always: are France a beautiful champion? Well, we are world champions and France are going to be on top of the world for next four years. That’s what needs to be remembered.”
