As we revealed from April 13, the France team will prepare for the Euro (June 11 - July 11) with two matches against Wales, on June 2 in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes), and Bulgaria, in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) six days later.
The French Football Federation (FFF) confirmed this Thursday morning.
For the first time in two years and a France-Bolivia on June 2, 2019 in Nantes (2-0), the world champions will play a home match away from the Stade de France.
Les Bleus will prepare for the EURO against Wales (2/06 in Nice) and Bulgaria (8/06 at Stade de France) đ«đ· #FiersdetreBleus pic.twitter.com/3bikSPKaoe
- French team ââ (@equipedefrance) April 22, 2021
The Allianz Riviera in Nice was chosen to host this first preparatory meeting against the Welsh, semi-finalists of Euro-2016. On June 8, 2020, Hugo Lloris' partners should already have received Croatia there to prepare for the European Championship. The postponement of the event decided otherwise. Against the Welsh, the Blues have a record of 5 games, 3 wins, 1 draw, 1 defeat, with 11 goals scored for 4 goals conceded. The last match between the two selections dates from November 10, 2017 with a 2-0 victory for the French. For the fifth time in its history, Nice will host a French match. The precedents are: France-Czechoslovakia (3-0) on September 5, 1970, France-Paraguay (1-1) on June 1, 2014, France-Armenia (4-0) on October 8, 2015 and France-Italy (3-1) ) on June 1, 2016.
The men of Didier Deschamps will then return to their garden in Saint-Denis to face Bulgaria, 71st nation in the Fifa rankings, on June 8.
Against the Bulgarians, the record is 22 matches, 10 wins, 4 draws, 8 losses, 38 goals scored for 26 goals conceded.
The last opposition between the two countries dates back to October 7, 2017 and a French victory in Sofia in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers (1-0).
After these two matches, the world champions will switch to the final phase of the Euro with a first meeting on June 15 in Munich against Germany, before confrontations with Hungary and Portugal in Budapest, on June 19 and 23 during of the group stage.
