France crashed out of the U20 World Cup group stage and the Les Bleuets coach blamed FIFA after his side’s defeats to South Korea and Gambia.

France could not count on 33 players at the U20 World Cup

Landry Chauvin said that FIFA was to blame for this elimination, given that this tournament was held outside the dates on which clubs were required to provide their youth players.

“I spent more energy before the World Cup than during it, trying to build a team.

I don’t blame the eligible clubs, but rather FIFA. All they have to do is postpone the competition for two weeks, and no one would be upset…

In the 2003 generation alone, we had 15 serious absences, not including Cherki, who played with us only once. We had 33 waivers from the club, including players from 2004 and 2005.

We had a reunion final in March where we played against England and the United States and we only managed to keep… seven players!” – Landry Chauvin for L’Équipe

France U20 World Cup results: 1-2 vs. South Korea, 1-2 vs. Gambia, 3-1 vs. Honduras.

U20 World Championship, 1/8 finals

USA – New Zealand

Gambia – Uruguay

Uzbekistan – Israel

Brazil – Tunisia

Colombia – Slovakia

England – Italy

Ecuador – South Korea

Argentina – Nigeria.