Time for serious things.
If he took advantage of the sequences of September, October and last November to try experiments (defense at 3, diamond middle) or call new players (Camavinga, Thuram), the Didier Deschamps laboratory assistant is preparing to put on a new costume Wednesday evening.
That of the pragmatic technician and eager to switch already towards preparation for the Euro (June 11-July 11, 2021)… with the start of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. To start hostilities against Ukraine at the Stade de France, the coach of the Blues should line up a starting lineup very close to that seen against ... Croatia on July 15, 2018 in the final of the Russian World Cup (4-2).
Rabiot and Coman from the start?
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Forced to train at Clairefontaine Tuesday at the end of the day rather than on the lawn of Saint-Denis due to several cases of Covid-19 that occurred among the staff of the hotel des Blues in Enghien-les-Bains, the Blues should come in 4-4-2 against the Ukrainians.
Hugo Lloris will be in goal and captain, with before him a defense composed of Benjamin Pavard, Raphaël Varane, Presnel Kimpembe and Lucas Hernandez.
In midfield, Paul Pogba and N'Golo Kanté should be associated with Kylian Mbappé on the right and Adrien Rabiot or Kingsley Coman on the left.
Unless one of the two recuperators is deemed too short by the staff of the Blues, which would allow Rabiot to step back a notch and Coman to be placed on the left side.
The Antoine-Griezmann-Olivier Giroud duo forming the French attack of the evening.
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Which would make a total of 8 or 9 "globalists" out of 11, with Kimpembe and Rabiot (or Coman) who would replace Umtiti and Matuidi compared to the 2018 final. Anything but a coincidence for Didier Deschamps, eager to earn the most possible points in this international streak, with three matches in eight days, and aware of not having enough time to work in depth.
The probable eleven of the Blues:
Lloris (cap), Pavard, Varane, Kimpembe, Hernandez or Digne - Pogba (or Rabiot), Kanté - Mbappé, Griezmann, Coman or Rabiot - Giroud
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