Now it’s time for a new tournament, with the first match being a clash against a well-known neighbor. This Monday (6 p.m.), the France team will play its round of 16 of Euro 2024 against Belgium in Düsseldorf. The two teams, although favorites in their respective groups, find themselves at this stage of the competition thanks to surprising second places.
VIDEO. “It’s one of the big teams that are there,” says Deschamps
Didier Deschamps, who obviously had a close eye on the last matches of this group E, which were played this Wednesday while the Blues were enjoying a day off and who were going to decide the Blues’ opponent in the round of 16, was able to react on the identity of the latter on the FFF social networks. “It’s one of the big teams that are there,” he declared. Their group was very tight, they all finished on four points. We know each other well, of course, so it will be a big round of 16 for us and for them. »
“If they finish second, it’s because they also had certain difficulties”
The Blues coach obviously does not underestimate this opponent who has many talents, particularly offensive. “We followed them in the three matches, especially the last match against Ukraine,” continued DD. There are always offensive individuals: De Bruyne, Lukaku, Doku, Trossard… But if they finish second, it is because they also had certain difficulties. But they are potentially one of the very good teams who have the ambition to go far. »
“We observed them in their three matches, so we will have all the important little details and the differences that there were in these three matches that they had to play against teams with different systems,” he finally asked. The fields. We are going to focus on this preparation and this match. We knew the date yesterday, today we know that it is Belgium. At least we know what we have and in terms of motivation, we will obviously have to be at our maximum. » There will indeed be no harm in motivating the players for this international “derby”, facing the team that the Blues have faced the most in their history.
