For his fourth and last match of the gathering, the coach probably did not expect to have so much difficulty in composing his starting eleven.
After Raphaël Varane (thigh) who had to leave the group the day after France - Denmark, N'Golo Kanté had to forfeit Saturday and Lucas Hernandez found his partner who is due to give birth in the next few hours.
This Sunday, Moussa Diaby did not train while William Saliba and Theo Hernandez were content to cycle.
Karim Benzema, Boubacar Kamara and Ibrahima Konaté have only chained the laps of the field.
"I'm going with it, I'm not going to complain but maybe we're more affected than other selections by the glitches," said Didier Deschamps during the press conference.
Playing four games in this period increases the difficulties.
But, the objective is to go for the victory tomorrow.
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Last in group 1 at the end of the first leg with two draws and one defeat in 3 games, the Habs must absolutely win this Monday (8:45 p.m.) against Croatia at the Stade de France or risk not being able to defend their title in League of Nations or even getting dangerously close to the descent into League B. Even if the coach indicated that these meetings served as preparation for the World Cup in Qatar at the end of the year, it is important to (re) take a little confidence before the holidays.
The probable eleven: Maignan - Koundé, Konaté, Kimpembe (cap.) - Clauss, Guendouzi, Rabiot, Digne - Griezmann - Mbappé, Nkunku.
During training, the coach confused the tracks during a seven-against-seven opposition between the starters and the substitutes.
Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappé, decisive scorer in Austria for his return from injury (left knee) and Christopher Nkunku, who played together, should compose the attack of the Blues against the Croats.
After insisting at a press conference on the fact that "the French team does not have a single system and that the 3 behind system should not be thrown away on the pretext that the Blues played with 4 defenders in the last two games”, Didier Deschamps could therefore return to a tactical scheme at 3 behind with Koundé, Kimpembe and Konaté.
Mike Maignan, excellent in Split last Monday, will be in goal again against Croatia.
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Jonathan Clauss, the only player in the rally not to have started in the first three games, could start as a right piston.
In the midfield, Rabiot, slightly affected during training, should be associated with Guendouzi rather than Kamara, author of an interesting first cape against Austria.
