2023-07-01 17:59:12
Authors of a faultless group stage, with three victories in as many games, the Bleuets face Ukraine this Sunday (9 p.m., W9 and BeIn Sport) in the quarter-finals of the Euro Espoirs. An opponent they know well for having met him during the playoffs for this same tournament: they had largely won (5-0) in Brest on October 8, 2021 before conceding a draw (3-3) for their reunion in Istanbul, on June 9, 2022.
The Ukrainian national team finished narrowly behind Spain in Group B and will be taken very seriously by Sylvain Ripoll’s men who trained this Saturday at the Cluj Arena . The session did not reveal a probable composition. Indeed, as since the start of the competition, the coach mixed the groups by not drawing a starting team during the set-up. The strong trend in recent hours is to keep the team lined up against Switzerland (4-1 victory).
Brilliant Wednesday evening, Enzo Le Fée will continue in the midfield in place of Manu Koné, package for the rest of the competition. Rayan Cherki is also tipped to start in the attacking trio. The Lyonnais could be preferred to Arnaud Kalimuendo to accompany Bradley Barcola and Amine Gouiri. Note that the Bleuets worked on the shots on goal this Saturday. In turn, they tried themselves in front of the cage in case they had to go up to this dreaded ordeal. Opposite, the Ukrainians can count on a goalkeeper very comfortable in the exercise, namely Anatoliy Trubin, the goalkeeper of Chakhtar Donetsk who had disgusted Rennes on penalties, on February 23, in the round of 16 return from Europa League.
France-Ukraine
Quarter-final of the Euro Espoirs, Sunday at 9 p.m. (W9 and beIN Sports), at the Cluj Arena (Romania).
Referee: Joao Pinheiro (POR)
France: Chevalier – Kalulu, Badé, Lukeba, Nkounkou – Le Fée, Caqueret (cap.), K. Thuram – Barcola, Gouiri, Cherki. Coach: Sylvain Ripoll.
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