2023-08-31 21:18:09
As revealed by the Parisian, Lucas Hernandez returns to the France team after his very good start to the season with PSG, unlike N’Golo Kanté and Paul Pogba. The Blues will face Ireland on September 7 in the Euro 2024 qualifiers and then Germany on September 12 in Dortmund for a prestigious friendly match. Didier Deschamps, the national coach, summoned 23 players this Thursday and explained it during a press conference at the headquarters of the French Federation.
Facing the media, the boss of the Blues warned a present and an absent. The latter is called N’Golo Kanté, essential for a long time to the A before disappearing from the lists at the same time as he frequented the infirmary more than the grounds. This summer, he signed up with Al-Ittihad, resident of the Saudi Arabian championship. Since then, he has returned to competition, finally rid of his physical glitches.
“NG (N’Golo Kanté) is NG, with his experience with us, comments the national coach. I felt that he needed to continue again and that the players who were there during his absence met my expectations. Giving them the opportunity to accumulate experience is important. For me, NG remains selectable at any time, but on this meeting, I took the option of confirming the youngest who had already met the expectations of the very high level. »
Euro compromise for Kanté?
Decryption: with Aurélien Tchouaméni and Eduardo Camavinga as well as Youssouf Fofana and Boubacar Kamara, DD believes that he has two incumbents and two substitutes who do the trick and embody the future in relation to the position of Kanté (Rabiot, him, evolves higher). Which is no longer necessarily the case for the former Chelsea midfielder, who left for a less competitive championship and who will be 33 when the Euros start. This return without the 2018 world champion, absent in Qatar during the last World Cup, indicates that he has little chance of finding the Blues now. It would take a long absence in this sector to see him again.
Deschamps also wanted to warn Benjamin Pavard, who moved from Bayern Munich to Inter Milan in August, to consolidate his place as central defender when he will take the place left vacant by Milan Skriniar, at PSG now. “When I call them, explains the Basque, including Jules Koundé, it is first to be a right-back. If that changed, I would think about it, because there are people. In subtext, the coach considers the pair Dayot Upamecano – Ibrahima Konaté stronger and more complementary than Pavard with one of the two. If ever the Northerner no longer wanted to evolve to the right of the defense, his horizon would be blocked in selection.
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