2023-11-22 00:06:43
It is the reaction of their opponents that the Blues always understand their status better. When Greece equalized and then took the lead within five minutes of the second half, the OPAP Arena was transformed into a crater of fire and lava, with the team celebrating it all like qualifying for the Euros or a final success at the European Championship or why not winning the World Cup.
In short, the irrational has taken over a stadium and a selection, confirming that football is always experienced differently in the south, in Europe, in a hemisphere or in a country. The Greeks will be able to say that they shook the 2022 world vice-champion or the qualifier for first place in Group B when they still have to submit to the play-offs next March.
Fofana’s crazy strike
With only three survivors of the Nice orgy against Gibraltar (14-0) – Theo Hernandez, Adrien Rabiot and Antoine Griezmann – the Blues, after the opening score of Kolo Muani (42nd), had the great mistake of give in during five minutes of madness which almost took them away.
But Youssouf Fofana, served by Kylian Mbappé on the pitch for ten minutes, emerged from the heart of the field to bring the blue house back to the spot with a barjot strike in the top corner (74th). Normal that the best Blue is rewarded, the Monegasque impressing since the kick-off with his calm, his impact and his use of the ball.
Coman’s blocked ball crossed the line well
Did you have to be seen by the Greeks? He understood everything and passed the exam with flying colors, ensuring him a place in the 23 in Germany for the European tournament in 2024. This French team had the merit of not losing, of struggling to finish this qualifying campaign without defeat (seven wins and 1 draw, three goals conceded), perfectly in the spirit of the usual holders. And this match should have ended with a French victory since Coman’s blocked ball crossed the line…
Looking forward to 2024 indeed! In a world in chaos, the year of the Blues will have been its opposite: sunny and luminous, joyful and colorful, with only one defeat (2-1) in a friendly in Germany, with the first selection that evening of Jean- Clair Todibo, feet trembling. An experimental training, therefore. Since there is little chance that the noise will fade, let them continue to weave their parallel universe, always in the accomplishment of an increasingly better disposed selection.
In 2023, sunny and luminous Blues
Since the 2022 World Cup and this final lost on penalties against Argentina, Didier Deschamps’ Blues seem stronger or continue to progress, which is not exactly the same but gives the same result. If no one gets injured, without trying to hope for the return to A of N’Golo Kanté, the partners of captain Kylian Mbappé, very determined at his entry, appear armed to diffuse the threat of the favorite at the Euro, assisted by the England.
They will have recovered by then Warren Zaire-Emery, who promises to be even stronger in seven months while this gathering has established that all Parisians capable of scoring have done so, from number 10 obviously to Ousmane Dembélé on Saturday , Randal Kolo Muani Tuesday evening passing by the Titi in Nice. PSG recovers an injured man but also attackers with full confidence. Overall, this is also the state of the France team.
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