While he made only one late substitution in a 2–1 win over England, Deschamps found more use off the bench against Morocco.
He replaced striker Olivier Giroud after 65 minutes for Marcus Thuram, who had a great impact on the left flank, outrunning defenders and leaving space for Mbappe, then playing as a lone forward.
Antoine Griezmann said, “The coach realized that that side was getting harder to defend and so he sent Marcus Thuram in, so that we could create pressure and really stop that side.”
However, the most brilliant decision was to bring off Ousmane Dembele in the 78th and send off Randall Kolo Muani.