TOPS
Nicolas Tournat, solid at the post
If France completely thwarted at the start of the match (see flop below), it can however thank its pivot for not having taken more broth.
With his three of three shots in a quarter of an hour, plus a throw of seven meters and a penalty for two minutes provoked, Tournat floated in the ambient blue doldrums.
Above all, he showed that he could be better than a simple joker at the pivot position, very well supplied in France.
But surprisingly, despite this solid first quarter of an hour, we never saw him again on the floor ...
Kentin Mahé still decisive
Without doubt in view of the next matches, the leading scorer for the Blues so far in this World Cup with 18 goals in three matches was spared on Wednesday.
However, even with just 14 minutes of play, he managed to be decisive with 4 goals and 2 assists, the last of which, for Fabregas, allowed his team to breathe better with two minutes remaining.
Afterwards, the Veszprem player does not do everything well.
He thus lost two avoidable balls but the column of his positive actions turns out with each match more important.
To the point of really making it the most essential element.
The accounting aspect
As the coach Guillaume Gille and his players recalled on the BeIN Sports antenna, we should only remember the two points taken from this match against Algeria.
which is both little and ... essential, since the Blues continue to prance at the top of their group and are getting closer to qualifying for the quarter-finals.
That they could get mathematically from Friday in the event of victory over an Iceland team beaten this Wednesday by Switzerland (20-18) and out of the race, with favorable results in the other matches.
FLOPS
The French first quarter of an hour
The performance against Switzerland two days ago had somewhat tarnished the convincing image left by the Blues during their first two outings.
Unfortunately, to this are now added the first 15 minutes of the match against Algeria, truly nightmarish.
Systematically late in defense, losing bullets, missing a gun wagon, relying on the pivot game as the only lifeline, the French ship was heading straight for the Algerian iceberg, which was hardly impressive.
A delay of four logical lengths (5-9) sanctioned their mistakes.
But faced with a more upscale formation, it is possible that at least six or seven will cool them down for good ...
The left-back position
Certainly, it would be out of place to fall on Jean-Jacques Acquevillo, who is playing the first World Cup of his career and who has scored two of the last three goals for the France team (one with the involuntary help of the keeper, the other at the last second while the case was folded).
However, whether it is him or even Romain Lagarde, the holder of the post since the injury of Timothey N'Guessan, it is clear that not much is happening in this post.
Lagarde signed 3 assists, but also lost a ball, missed three out of three shots and overall, his initiatives lacked fluidity.
Nothing to celebrate, then.
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