It is not stupid a cold shower in these times of Hungarian heatwave but it was not the idea nor the right time.
The Blues missed out by losing the defensive fight and destroying his great offensive opportunities, in particular a huge one by Karim Benzema (31st), a failure alone against the goalkeeper, by mistaking the surface of the foot or even the direction of the ball.
In the noise and fury of a vociferous full gauge, with kops answering each other on each side and in the middle a few French supporters to cover the decibels, the France team was abandoned by a few strong men from France-Germany (1 -0).
There is of course Benjamin Pavard, totally at fault on the Hungarian goal but also Adrien Rabiot or Antoine Griezmann, at least enough per line for the building to crack or even collapse. The Hungarian goal just before the break does not look like world champions who have built their reputation on the strength and love of the castagne.
Some strong men tried to keep afloat the idea of favorite who escorts the Tricolores but with four, say from Lucas Digne to Kylian Mbappé via N'Golo Kanté and Karim Benzema also despite everything, there was little chance of 'get there.
Just before the hour mark (57th), Didier Deschamps changed everything tactically, returning to a flat 4-4-2 with Ousmane Dembélé on the right.
The Barcelonan showed the way with a shot on the post, just to wake up his friends.
He will not be able to finish the game, injured.
Griezmann is looking for his place
Football remains a matter of character, not tactics. It was on a long ball from Hugo Lloris, a risk-taking to the right of Mbappé that his repulsed center found Griezmann, yet the most disappointing attacker so far. Nobody laughed about the equalizer (66th) because everyone knows that it is insufficient. The self-proclaimed best attack in the world is at two units, only one of which is by one of its members. There is a hiatus, a story of awkwardness of course but something badly put together between the trio.
Despite his goal, Griezmann is clearly looking for his place, missing his passes, his set pieces, only standing out for his defensive toil.
With all that and despite everything, Deschamps' men are surely qualified with his four points (we will wait but it is off to a good start), with less convincing content than the Portuguese on Tuesday against the same Hungary.
But we will quickly talk about the rest because there are too many problems under the Blue sun, in the duels, the concentration and the offensive complementarities.
MATCH SHEET
Hungary-France: 1-1
Spectators: 55,998
Referee: M. Oliver (ANG)
Goals.
Hungary: Fiola (45th + 2), France: Griezmann (66th)
Warnings.
Hungary:
Botka (52nd),
France:
Pavard (10th)
Hungary:
Gulacsi - Botka, Orban, Attila Szalai - Nego, Nagy, Kleinheisler (Lovrencsics 84th), Schäfer (Cseri 75th), Fiola - Adam Szalai (cap) (Nikolic 26), Sallai.
Coach: Marco Rossi
France:
Lloris (cap) - Pavard, Varane, Kimpembe, Digne - Pogba (Tolisso 76th), Kanté, Rabiot (O. Dembélé 57th, Lemar 87th) - Benzema (Giroud 76th), Griezmann, Mbappé.
Coach: Didier Deschamps
