Where to follow Finland-France?
The last match of the year 2021 of the Blues will be broadcast by our colleagues from TF1, with a kick-off at 8:45 p.m.
If it does not involve a mathematical stake for the band of Kylian Mbappé, this trip could allow to conclude the year without the slightest defeat on the French side.
A meeting also to follow on our Figaro.fr site with a live commentary.
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Which team will Didier Deschamps line up on Tuesday night?
If he advances with certainty that his players will not let go of this meeting, Didier Deschamps should take the opportunity to spare worn bodies before the resumption of the Champions League in a club and give playing time to elements that deserve it. This goes for Benjamin Pavard and Lucas Digne, who could replace Theo Hernandez and Kingsley Coman in this role of piston of 3-4-1-2. In central defense, hampered by pain, Lucas Hernandez should give way to Clément Lenglet. In the middle, Aurélien Tchouaméni, refreshing and incisive, would replace Adrien Rabiot alongside the irremovable N'Golo Kanté. Suddenly, this game of musical chairs would allow the coach to line up an attack Mbappé-Griezmann and Coman, excellent Saturday night, which would offer rest to Karim Benzema. Change, but quality.
The eleven possible of the Blues:
Lloris (cap) - Koundé, Upamecano, Lenglet - Pavard, Kanté, Tchouaméni, Digne - Griezmann - Coman, Mbappé
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Can the Blues "let go" this meeting without major stake?
The question deserves to be asked as the objective of qualifying for the World Cup has already been validated, but Didier Deschamps is counting on this meeting to perfect the automatisms and give playing time to certain elements usually replacing.
For him, out of the question to spoil this last meeting of 2021. The Blues have the “duty” to aim for victory, because of their “status” as world champions and “to respect the adversary, all adversaries “, Posted the Basque technician, reinvigorated by the positive dynamics of the selection since October and the success in the League of Nations.
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Why was France's last trip to Finland special?
Quite simply because it was on September 7, 2012 the first match of Didier Deschamps at the head of the Blues. Freshly appointed a few weeks earlier, after the withdrawal of Laurent Blanc, the coach had signed a success in Helsinki for his debut thanks to a goal from Abu Diaby (0-1) in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. On the lawn of the Olympic stadium, which the world champions will tread on Tuesday evening, "DD" had positioned his team in 4-3-3 (Lloris - Reveillère, Yanga-Mbiwa, Sakho, Evra - Mavuba, Cabaye, Diaby - Menez, Benzema, Ribéry ) with in particular Matuidi, Valbuena, Gomis or Mandanda, Giroud, Capoue and Gonalons on the bench. In nine years, only two players: Hugo Lloris and Karim Benzema are still in the French contingent.
What is Finland aiming for against the Blues?
A prestigious success, but above all hope and a place of barrage to win your ticket for the first World Cup in its history.
After a surprise victory against the Blues (2-0) in a friendly last November, "we want to repeat this miracle", told AFP the Finnish coach Markku Kanerva, beaten by the same score in Lyon in September during the phase go qualifying.
In its Olympiastadion, the team of Glen Kamara and Teemu Pukki arrives swollen by the success brought back from Bosnia and Herzegovina (3-1) on Saturday, despite the expulsion in the first period of Jukka Raitala, suspended Tuesday.
A draw in front of his home crowd could be enough for him, depending on the result of Bosnia-Ukraine played Tuesday at the same time.
(With AFP)
