2023-12-01 23:47:05
The decision was hard to make, but the precautionary principle logically prevailed. Didier Deschamps, the coach of the French team, who had been suffering from back pain for several weeks, had to undergo surgery on Tuesday evening, which prevented him from traveling for a few days. Consequently, he will not be present this Saturday evening in Hamburg for the draw for the final phase of the Euro (6 p.m.), we learned. in a communication from the FFF. The Blues coach is doing well and he even initially imagined being able to go to Germany before choosing, in recent hours, to abstain. Already during the last rally in November, the technician had sometimes had to take it easy due to recurring back pain.
“It was not with pleasure that I decided not to go to the draw. It’s always a pleasant moment during which I have a lot of pleasure in exchanging with my counterparts, in particular,” explains Deschamps in a press release. But wisdom dictated that we respect a few days of rest. I will obviously follow the draw with great attention on television. This is an important moment for all qualified teams. Once our group is known, we will be able to validate the choice of our base camp and begin to study in detail the game of our future opponents, even if we generally know them all well.”
This Saturday evening, the French delegation will therefore be composed in particular of its deputy Guy Stephan accompanied by the president of the FFF Philippe Diallo. For the record, France is one of the 6 seeds for this tournament (June 14-July 14) with Germany, Portugal, Spain, Belgium and England.
If this seeded status will spare the world vice-champions some initial shocks, it does not necessarily guarantee them the benefit of a tailor-made draw. Because unlike the old classification method, hats 2, 3 and 4 were not composed in relation to the UEFA ranking, but according to the results obtained during qualifications.
Thus, Albania, Hungary and even Slovenia are placed in hat 2, generally of an average level, when Croatia or the Netherlands find themselves in hat 3. Qualified at the last minute for the Euro, the The Italian title holder is in pot 4 alongside Serbia and Switzerland as well as the winners of the play-offs.
Under these conditions, the hypothesis of a death group exists for France, especially with the presence of Italy in hat 4.
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