22, here's the Blues.
The great adventure begins for the French team, gathered in Clairefontaine (Yvelines) since Wednesday.
May 26, as the date of the only Champions League of French football, won by OM in 1993. They hope to complete it on July 11 at Wembley in London, by raising another European Cup, that of Nations .
For now, they are only 22 since four of them are still participating in the club finals of the week.
Paul Pogba will join the troop on Saturday, while Kurt Zouma, N'Golo Kanté and Olivier Giroud will definitely complete it on Tuesday, June 1, just before taking off for Nice and the friendly against Wales.
The images of the arrival of the players of the French team in Clairefontaine for the first day of the Euro 2020 camp!
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- French team ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) May 26, 2021
22, 4, we can decline all the figures at will, there were only one Blue this Wednesday, necessarily.
Karim Benzema, 2058 days after his last selection (AFP count!), Has returned to his tricolor destiny, stopped at 81 selections, 27 goals and 17 assists.
The ten supporters present noted his white mask with blue, white, red edging, stamped French Federation (FFF), the same as the one on the mouth and nose of Kylian Mbappé or Hugo Lloris, when Presnel Kimpembe and Ousmane Dembélé had them privileged the blue fabric.
"We are entering the competition phase"
The Madrilenian raised his thumb and winked at his fans before regaling his Instagram with three new photos at the top of the steps of Clairefontaine with this caption "Here we go" and fiery emojis and wide eyes open to a new world, that of his intense happiness. History will remember for eternity that Benzema again split the tricolor decor around 12:15 pm. "Glad to find the Castle again," Benzema said to the FFF cameras. I am full of ambition and dreams. This is what it takes to play soccer. Deschamps then greeted him with big hugs and slaps on the stomach before chambering him over his haircut. "Are you from Lyon? “, Will ask the coach again at the foot of the stairs, before the striker returns to a single room upstairs.
"It is a non-event, will blow a few hours later the boss of the Blues in videoconference.
He is happy to be there.
Even though it's been a long time, he has found his marks.
I manage all the players.
He comes in a group that knows each other.
He knows it, he said it himself.
He has his place in the same way as the other players.
There will be a second question on the quadruple winner of the Champions League (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) and then basta.
▪ 2014 World Cup
▪ Euro 2016
▪ 2018 World Cup
▪ Euro 2020
Coach of the French team since July 2012, Didier Deschamps will lead the Blues in his 4th consecutive final phase, a record!
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- French team ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) May 26, 2021
It is that the Blues have a Euro on the fire. “We are entering the competition phase,” announces DD. Not so much from a practical point of view, since the first day will have been marked by a mountain bike outing to "breathe and oxygenate", says Deschamps again, before loading the planning for the next few days with two daily sessions, including one indoors. The day, started with Covid tests (among others), ended for everyone in front of the Europa League final.
“Preparation is the first phase between now and the Euro and comprises several stages, details the 1998 and 2018 world champion. There is regeneration work to put gasoline back into the engine. It will not be individualized work, but rather in groups. Preparation is not decisive, but it is an important step. We have time, but it has been reduced. In 2014, we had thirty days of preparation before the World Cup. This year, we must be twenty. We can work less. Benzema and Deschamps, united and Proustians, are in search of lost time.
