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World Cup: 5 questions around the (highly) expected list of Deschamps

2022-11-08T19:02:12.308Z


Didier Deschamps will lift the veil on Wednesday evening on the players summoned to the World Cup. Place your bets, no more bets ! The end of the suspense is approaching, as are the difficult nights of the main interested parties waiting to know if their name will be pronounced by Didier Deschamps this Wednesday during the 8 p.m. newscast of TF1. Between surprise(s), omission(s) or strong choice(s), inventory before the meeting in Qatar (November 20-December 18). To discover The complete 2022


Place your bets, no more bets !

The end of the suspense is approaching, as are the difficult nights of the main interested parties waiting to know if their name will be pronounced by Didier Deschamps this Wednesday during the 8 p.m. newscast of TF1.

Between surprise(s), omission(s) or strong choice(s), inventory before the meeting in Qatar (November 20-December 18).

To discover

  • The complete 2022 World Cup match schedule

How many players will Deschamps select?

Like his counterparts, the Blues manager can summon 26 elements, but Deschamps is not a fan of the idea.

Too much time and energy wasted managing unhappy people and “hairdressers” during the competition.

In an ideal world, which does not exist, he would have gone to Qatar with 23 internationals.

Today, the trend is for a list extended to 24 or 25 to anticipate possible physical glitch(s).

An obligation remains for the 1998 world champion: to transmit Monday at 7 p.m. to Fifa his final list.

An option that offers him a small valve in the event of injury with the final meetings of the weekend to come.

Read alsoDidier Deschamps: “If I could have 10 more years with the Blues, that would be ideal”

Should we expect any surprises?

The question comes up insistently before each list.

Will Didier Deschamps surprise everyone like Raymond Domenech in 2006 with surprise guest Pascal Chimbonda?

He had already done it in a way by summoning Karim Benzema for the last Euro after six years away from the Blues.

In 2022, not necessarily.

Since Tuesday, Deschamps and his close guard (Guy Stéphan, his deputy, Franck Raviot, the goalkeeper coach, Cyril Moine, the physical trainer) have been meeting in a hotel in the 15th arrondissement in Paris for the final arbitrations, before passing the day at the headquarters of the FFF this Wednesday to decide.

75% to 80% of the group is known, but choices remain in balance.

The “freshness” data,

with a World without preparation (the Blues meet Monday at Clairefontaine and will land in Doha on November 16, six days before their entry into the running against Australia on the 22nd), comes into play.

But Rennes striker Martin Terrier, Olympiakos midfielder Yann M'Vila or Milan and Leipzig defenders Pierre Kalulu and Mohamed Simakan seem to be starting from afar.

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"The lights are green"

Who will be the major absentees?

N'Golo Kanté (31 years old, 53 caps) and Paul Pogba (29 years old, 91 caps), injured and withdrawn, will miss the Blues.

From all points of view (impact in the game, charisma, experience).

In recent hours, optimism reigned as to the presence of Raphaël Varane, injured in the thigh and left in tears on October 22 with Manchester United, but who seems to have reassured the staff.

It remains to be seen how it will withstand more advanced sessions.

A new injury of the vice-captain would be experienced as a cataclysm.

Doubts remain around Mike Maignan (calf) and Presnel Kimpembe (Achilles tendon), regulars in the selection, hence Deschamps' desire to expand his group a little.

Olivier Giroud DANIELE MASCOLO / REUTERS

How many world champions will survive 2018?

From Moscow to Doha, four years have passed, but "DD" can count on certain executives (Lloris, Pavard, Varane, Lucas Hernandez, Griezmann, Mbappé, Giroud) present in Russia.

Other elements titled at the Luzhniki stadium are also expected (Areola, Dembélé), while uncertainty remains for Kimpembe or Mandanda.

This brings to 9 and 11 the number of world champions in the group.

Between the injured (Pogba, Kanté), the lost to sight (Tolisso, Fekir, Lemar Umtiti, Sidibé, Nzonzi, Thauvin), the quasi-retired (Rami, Matuidi) or the litigant (Mendy), the renewal of generations is part of of the (turbulent) life of a selection.

Will Olivier Giroud be on the list?

Yes.

The answer seems logical given the weight of the 2018 world champion (114 caps, 49 goals) and his remarkable performances with AC Milan, but nothing has been easy since Euro 2021. Placardized by Deschamps, who criticized his behavior last June regarding accepting his (new) role as a substitute behind the Mbappé-Benzema-Griezmann trio, the 2nd top scorer in the history of the Blues should succeed in his bet.

Reassured about his state of mind, aware of his qualities and his experience, the coach knows that Giroud offers a CV and much more certainty than his direct competitors (Ben Yedder, Kolo Muani, Thuram).

In a World Cup without preparation, with matches every four days, the slender profile and scorer of the Milanese weighed in the

Source: lefigaro

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