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France-Finland: 5 questions on the game of fear for the Blues

2021-09-07T05:19:54.723Z


DECRYPTION - Stakes, probable composition, bad series ... All the information to know before the reception of Finland by the Blues in Décines this Tuesday evening.


Where to follow France-Finland and why is it played at Décines?

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  • The 2022 World Cup qualifying calendar

  • Qualifying rankings for the 2022 World Cup

Will the Blues have more luck on TF1? This is what we will discover this Tuesday evening at 8:45 p.m., after two draws broadcast on M6 against Bosnia (1-1) and Ukraine (1-1). The Finnish reception will be at Groupama Stadium, home of Olympique Lyonnais, for reasons similar to that of the Bosnians at the Meinau in Strasbourg last week. First, the Stade de France is under construction. Then, the FFF wanted to get closer to an audience that it had missed during the forced closed doors due to the health crisis. Hence these matches far from Paris. Without denying also that the fact that Marc Keller and Jean-Michel Aulas, presidents of RC Strasbourg and OL but also members of the Executive Committee at 3F and close to Noël Le Graët, played a role in the holding of these meetings.The match will be followed on our Figaro website with a live commentary by Teddy Vadeevaloo and information from our special correspondent in the Rhône, Baptiste Desprez.

Is France in danger for qualifying for the 2022 World Cup?

No, but she no longer has a wildcard.

The Blues remain leader of Group D with 9 points ahead of Finland, 5 points and 2 games behind.

A defeat on Tuesday would mortgage its first place, the only ticket for a direct qualification for the 2022 World Cup. Second place would force France to go through the dams.

But Bosnia, if it wins its two late matches, would only be one point behind Deschamps' men.

In other words, the Blues are still leading the dance but no longer have any margin for error.

5 matches without a win, is this the worst series of the Blues under Deschamps?

Yes… tied with that in March-September 2013. Contrary to the current series, made only of draws, there were 3 defeats (Spain, Uruguay, Brazil) and 2 draws (Belgium, Georgia).

And there were 3 friendlies in the lot, against zero for the current series.

Mitigating circumstances compared to those of 2021. To find traces of a worse period in terms of results, we must go back to… Knysna, in 2010. The Blues worried before the World Cup (1 draw, 1 defeat), exploded in South Africa (1 draw, 2 losses) and struggled to recover afterwards (2 losses).

7 matches without a win, it remains the worst series in the history of the Blues since an unfortunate pass of 9 in 1992.

Is Finland a trap opponent?

Yes, and France is well placed to know it: the

Huuhkajat

(

eagle

owls) are the last to fall for the Blues (excluding a penalty shootout against Switzerland at the Euro). Deschamps' men had relaxed during a friendly match at the Stade de France on November 11, 2020 (0-2). Despite this prestigious success, Finland went through the first Euro in its history this summer, with two defeats and a group victory against Denmark (0-1) in a match marked by Christian Eriksen's heart failure. But it is the Bleu et Blancs, used to playing in 5-3-2, who are the dolphins of the Tricolores in this group D. They do not have to envy that much to Ukraine or Bosnia who posed serious problems at the Blues.

Source: lefigaro

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