It is one of the charms of the famous “world after” and of a hellish calendar, totally upset by the Covid-19.
If the Euro, barring a new surprise postponement, will go well from June 11 to July 11, the Blues must take a unique route to prepare for it: namely start the start of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers this Wednesday against the 'Ukraine at the Stade de France (8:45 p.m., TF1).
Clearly, prepare for the Euro while thinking of Qatar.
Or think of Qatar while preparing for the Euro…
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It is in this somewhat convoluted context that Didier Deschamps found his proteges on Monday at Clairefontaine with a roadmap known to all.
Three matches in eight days - reception of the Ukraine, then long trips to Kazakhstan, with jet lag, Sunday and Wednesday in Bosnia - for an assumed objective of refueling on an accounting level, in order to launch the new campaign to perfection. qualification.
The third under the Didier Deschamps era, after those successful in 2013 (victory against Ukraine in the play-offs) and 2017, which suggests, except for cataclysm, a real walk in the face of the pedigree of the announced opponents, to whom it is necessary add the presence of Finland.
The suspense does not promise to be unbearable for the followers of the Blues and let's hope that the irrepressible France-Bulgaria of 1993, synonymous with an absence from the 1994 World Cup, still has a bright future ahead of him in terms of tragedy in recent history. of the France team.
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To start hostilities this Wednesday evening, the coach intends to uphold the rank of his team from the outset against the most formidable opponent in the group, Ukraine.
The "Zbirna" landed revenge at the Stade de France after the humiliation received last October (7-1) in a friendly match marked by a cascade of absentees on the visitors' side.
This first "summit" against the nation led by the former Golden Ball Andreï Shevchenko, will set the tone for an express international sequence where the fear of positive Covid cases will stick to the French (read opposite) .
“Ukraine is a very good team, we are focused on this first match, plants Deschamps.
I'm not going to anticipate and tie knots in my brain for the meetings after.
It's a qualifying phase, the first game for us, we want to win and nothing else.
"A final meeting before the famous list of 23 unveiled in May and the start of preparation for the Euro, still announced in twelve different countries, but which remains unclear on the real contours of its organization with regard to the unstable health situation on the Old Continent.
Last outstretched hand
But back to the field.
After having turned into a laboratory technician with experiments on the game system side (3-player defense, diamond-shaped middle) or the summoning of newcomers (Eduardo Camavinga, Marcus Thuram, etc.), Didier Deschamps has remained faithful to his habits since he was born. took over the selection in 2012. The time has passed for tests of all kinds as the Euro looms in less than three months.
Only Tanguy Ndombélé (24 years old, 6 selections), Thomas Lemar (25 years old, 22 selections) and Ousmane Dembélé (23 years old, 21 selections) made their reappearance in the France group, as a sign of the ultimate outstretched hand to seize for be traveling next summer.
These three elements, in particular the last city to return to its best level in Barcelona, have no more time to waste.
In his mind, even if he does not say it publicly and except for consequent injury, “DD” already knows which team he will align against Germany on June 15 to launch the Euro.
More or less, it could even resemble that expected this Wednesday against Ukraine in an empty and icy enclosure (Lloris - Pavard, Varane, Kimpembe, Hernandez - Pogba, Kanté - Mbappé, Griezmann, Rabiot or Coman - Giroud) .
An eleven looking like the 2018 World Cup, with Presnel Kimpembe and Adrien Rabiot (or Kingsley Coman) in place of Samuel Umtiti and Blaise Matuidi, who disappeared from the selection for poor performance at the first and a start in Miami for the second.
Sign of a hard core known to all and a form of continuity that is not to displease the staff of the France team.
With only one idea in mind: to make life easy in these qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup. To land at the Euro in the best possible conditions.
It is one of the charms of the famous “world after” and of a hellish calendar, totally upset by the Covid-19.
If the Euro, barring a new surprise postponement, will go well from June 11 to July 11, the Blues must take a unique route to prepare for it: namely start the start of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers this Wednesday against the 'Ukraine at the Stade de France (8:45 p.m., TF1).
Clearly, prepare for the Euro while thinking of Qatar.
Or think of Qatar while preparing for the Euro…
It is in this somewhat convoluted context that Didier Deschamps found his proteges on Monday at Clairefontaine with a roadmap known to all.
Three matches in eight days - reception of the Ukraine, then long trips to Kazakhstan, with jet lag, Sunday and Wednesday in Bosnia - for an assumed objective of refueling on an accounting level, in order to launch the new campaign to perfection. qualification.
The third under the Didier Deschamps era, after those successful in 2013 (victory against Ukraine in the play-offs) and 2017, which suggests, except for cataclysm, a real walk in the face of the pedigree of the announced opponents, to whom it is necessary add the presence of Finland.
The suspense does not promise to be unbearable for the followers of the Blues and let's hope that the irrepressible France-Bulgaria of 1993, synonymous with an absence from the 1994 World Cup, still has a bright future ahead of him in terms of tragedy in recent history. of the France team.
To start hostilities this Wednesday evening, the coach intends to uphold the rank of his team from the outset against the most formidable opponent in the group, Ukraine.
The "Zbirna" landed revenge at the Stade de France after the humiliation received last October (7-1) in a friendly match marked by a cascade of absentees on the visitors' side.
This first "summit" against the nation led by the former Golden Ball Andreï Shevchenko, will set the tone for an express international sequence where the fear of positive Covid cases will stick to the French
(read opposite) .
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I'm not going to anticipate and tie knots in my brain for the meetings after.
It's a qualifying phase, the first game for us, we want to win and nothing else
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"A final meeting before the famous list of 23 unveiled in May and the start of preparation for the Euro, still announced in twelve different countries, but which remains unclear on the real contours of its organization with regard to the unstable health situation on the Old Continent ...
But back to the field.
After having turned into a laboratory technician with experiments on the game system side (3-player defense, diamond-shaped middle) or the summoning of newcomers (Eduardo Camavinga, Marcus Thuram, etc.), Didier Deschamps has remained faithful to his habits since he was born. took over the selection in 2012. The time has passed for tests of all kinds as the Euro looms in less than three months.
Only Tanguy Ndombélé (24 years old, 6 selections), Thomas Lemar (25 years old, 22 selections) and Ousmane Dembélé (23 years old, 21 selections) made their reappearance in the France group, as a sign of the ultimate outstretched hand to seize for be traveling next summer.
These three elements, in particular the last city to return to its best level in Barcelona, have no more time to waste.
In his mind, even if he does not say it publicly and except for consequent injury, “DD” already knows which team he will align against Germany on June 15 to launch the Euro.
More or less, it could even resemble that expected this Wednesday against Ukraine in an empty and icy enclosure (Lloris - Pavard, Varane, Kimpembe, Hernandez - Pogba, Kanté - Mbappé, Griezmann, Rabiot or Coman - Giroud) .
An eleven looking like the 2018 World Cup, with Presnel Kimpembe and Adrien Rabiot (or Kingsley Coman) in place of Samuel Umtiti and Blaise Matuidi, who disappeared from the selection for poor performance at the first and a start in Miami for the second.
Sign of a hard core known to all and a form of continuity that is not to displease the staff of the France team.
With only one idea in mind: to make life easy in these qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup. To land at the Euro in the best possible conditions.
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