Change at the margins! In order to compost, from this Saturday against Hungary in Budapest, the ticket for the round of 16, Didier Deschamps decided to renew with one exception, the victorious team from Germany on Tuesday (1-0) . Lucas Digne, particularly to his advantage during training sessions, takes the place of Lucas Hernandez at the left-back position. The Munich is, undoubtedly, a little spared for the occasion after having known a small alert to a knee against Wales, on June 2, in preparation (3-0). At the 2014 World Cup, as at Euro 2016, or the 2018 World Cup, Deschamps had made two changes between matches 1 and 2. He chose to depart from this habit to be a little more conservative. So make way for an eleven articulated in a 4-3-3,transposable in 4-4-2 in diamond in phase of possession.
Friday evening, during the last closed session, the coach had somewhat muddied the waters by mixing the teams.
An hour earlier, during the traditional match-before conference, he had not given more clues as to his intentions.
"We have this possibility of being qualified after this second game," he explained.
This is the first objective.
I will do everything to ensure that tomorrow's result is positive.
Step by step.
I'm not preparing for this match with the third in mind.
There may be the same team or some changes ”.
The attackers have their say
There will therefore only be one at kickoff in the furnace of the Hungarian capital (33 degrees). Facing the low Magyar block, we find an attack led by Benzema, Griezmann, Mbappé. The midfielder is made up of Rabiot, Kanté and Pogba. Finally, the defense encountered only one evolution, Deschamps having been reassured about Pavard's physical condition. Largely monopolized by more obscure defensive spots but oh so precious against the Mannschaft, the offensive trident will have, this time, to solve an equation posed by a defense of five. It is up to him to stretch it to better perforate it and score goals and spirits. Under a blazing sun, in front of 61,000 heated spectators on the bench, it is obviously the ideal day to imagine the French attack finally sparkling with a thousand lights. Kingsley Coman,Kurt Zouma and Wissam Ben Yedder will be in the stands.