2023-06-01 04:40:13
France will be one of the favorites of the Euro Espoirs which begins on June 21 and ends on July 8. Organized jointly by Romania and Georgia, the team of Sylvain Ripoll, the French coach, scares everyone a little, even if they completely missed their last two friendly outings. Undefeated for 14 games, Les Bleuets exploded at the end of March against England (4-0) before being snagged by Spain (0-0). Not enough to start, the confidence of a group that has been walking on water for months. Like the Lyon prodigy, Rayan Cherki or Khéphren Thuram, the Nice player in Liverpool’s sights, or even Elye Wahi, the Montpellier player.
Of the 23 players, Sylvain Ripoll did in the classic giving pride of place to the Lyonnais, who will be four in the list of 23. Before attacking the Euro on June 22 against Italy, the French will play a friendly match against Mexico on June 16. Placed in group D, with Italy therefore, the Bleuets will find on their way Norway (June 25) then Switzerland (June 28) for matches which will take place in Cluj-Napoca in Romania. In the event of first or second place, the adventure will continue for the French hopefuls with a quarter-final (July 1 or 2) then possibly a semi-final (July 5). The final is scheduled for July 8 in Batumi, Georgia.
Goalkeepers (3): Stefan Bajic (Valenciennes), Lucas Chevalier (Lille), Illan Meslier (Leeds).
Defenders (8): Loic Bade (Seville), Sacha Boey (Galatasaray), Bafode Diakite (Lille), Pierre Kalulu (AC Milan), Yasser Larouci (Troyes), Castello Lukeba (Lyon), Quentin Merlin (Nantes) and Mohamed Simakan (RB Leipzig). . . . .
Backgrounds (6): Maxence Caqueret (Lyon), Joris Chotard (Montpellier), Manu Koné (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Enzo Le Fée (FC Lorient), Michael Olise (Crystal Palace), Khéphren Thuram (Nice).
Forwards (6): Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), Bradley Barcola (Lyon), Rayan Cherki (Lyon), Amine Gouiri (Stade Rennais), Arnaud Kalimuendo (Stade Rennais), Elye Wahi (Montpellier).
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