Since Euro 2013, the major international competitions have followed and resembled each other for the France team.
Despite a beacon – Olympique Lyonnais – reigning over European club football and a generation of players of recognized talent, the result has remained invariably the same.
Namely an elimination in the quarter-finals, and an immense frustration at the key.
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Our eliminations have always been in the details
,” recalls Nadia Benmokhtar, former Juvisy player who became a consultant for Canal+ on Euro 2022. “
The French team never ended in humiliation.
It was due to a goal, a post, a penalty… And it always fell on the wrong side.
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Twice, thus, the Blues fell on the field of honor after a penalty shootout, during Euro 2013 against Denmark (1-1, 2 successes to 4) and the 2015 World Cup against Germany (1-1, 4 shots on goal to 5 this time).
And the other three times, the French were only beaten by one…
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