The essential
For the first time in their shared history, Bleus and Swiss find themselves in a confrontation in the final phase of a Euro.
Since 1992, the French have never bowed to the Nati.
Deprived of Marcus Thuram, Jules Koundé and Lucas Digne (all injured), Didier Deschamps was forced to change his playing system before facing the Swiss selection.
He opted for a 3-5-2 with Rabiot and Pavard as pistons and Lenglet in the center with Kimpembe and Varane.
If they were to be warned tonight, Lloris, Hernandez, Griezmann, Kimpembe and Pavard would be suspended from the next match, should the French qualify for the next round.
Follow the round of 16 for France:
8:55 p.m.
It's hymn time!
8:15 p.m.
In total, we are expecting 1,689 French people this evening in the Romanian capital.
A trip that is deserved and will undoubtedly be the last for them in this Euro because of the travel conditions complicated by the Covid-19 in Saint Petersburg and London.
They are few in number but remain noisy in Bucharest # EURO2020 #FRA #FRASUI pic.twitter.com/o7VRtjOIEX
- Le Parisien - Sports (@LeParisienSport) June 28, 2021
8:55 p.m.
The Blues arrived on the lawn for the warm-up.
8:00 p.m.
A special N'Golo Kanté podcast to get you in the mood
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The match starts in an hour, why not spend the time in the company of one of our specialists from the France team?
He will tell you the story of one of the darlings of the French.
Before shining in the French selection as in the English league, this Franco-Malian had to overcome many obstacles at the start of his career.
7:50 p.m.
Croatia snatches the 3-3 in stoppage time ... We give you in case the link of our direct to this crazy match.
7:35 p.m.
Bucharest and soon Saint Petersburg?
The possible quarter-final of the Blues will take place on Friday at 6 p.m. in Saint Petersburg.
UEFA has confirmed the holding of this match in Russia despite the fears surrounding the evolution of the Covid-19 and the Delta variant.
At the moment, Spain has a foot and a half towards Saint Petersburg.
La Roja leads 3-1 ten minutes from time against Croatia.
Live the end of this match HERE.
7:05 p.m.
Here is the composition of the Blues.
The Blues will evolve with a three central defense composed of Raphaël Varane, Clément Lenglet and Presnel Kimpembe in a 3-5-2 system.
Lloris (c) - Varane, Lenglet, Kimpembe - Pavard, Pogba, Griezmann, Kanté, Rabiot - Mbappé, Benzema
7:00 p.m.
THE VIP POINT
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The president of the Olympique Lyonnais Jean-Michel Aulas and the coach of the Bleues Corinne Deacon have just arrived at the Bucharest stadium.
Former international Florent Malouda, former Parisian Maxwell, Luis Figo and coach Claudio Ranieri were also invited by UEFA.
6:55 p.m.
THE STATISTICS POINT
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The Blues never defeated in a round of 16, the lucky charm Griezmann, the incredible longevity of LLoris ... Find in this article the five figures to know before this match.
6:50 p.m.
200 French supporters here in the streets of Bucharest.
A photo taken by our special envoys.
The Parisian
6:45 p.m.
What if we replaced Lloris during extra time?
The hypothesis may seem a little crazy.
She is.
But the question points in hollow the limits of the captain of the Blues in the exercise of the shots on goal.
Since his debut in the selection in the fall of 2008, the French captain has been faced with 20 strikes.
He lost 18 times and failed only two attempts.
The last time was in 2014.
6:35 p.m.
"If the Blues say to themselves, it is the little Swiss, they will be surprised"
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Former “Nati” and Stade Rennes striker Alexander Frei explained to us why we should be wary of our neighbors.
6.30 p.m.
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