Euro 2024 game
The team that will face Portugal in the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 scored only three goals in the competition, two of which were “offered” by the opponents. What is going on in the French team?
Kylian Mbappé during the match against Belgium.
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The protective mask that Kylian Mbappé is forced to wear during the Euro 2024, because of a broken nose, seems to have a negative impact on the performance of the biggest star of the French team and, therefore, the performances of the French team. Previewing the match against Belgium, which he played on Monday and ended with the victory of the “Bleus”, the newly signed by Real Madrid even admitted that he was tired of the extra equipment.
Part of the “blame” has been attributed to Mbappé, jersey number 10 and captain of Galway, who has given the audience victory in almost every game.
In the duel of the eighths, the star of the company failed to score again and it was worth a autogolo of Jan Vertonghenin the 85th minute, to take the victorious World Cup finalists Qatar to the next stage of the Euros, where they will face Portugal.
Mbappé converted a penalty in the match against Austria.
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A goal in three games is not an unusual record, if we were not talking about scoring a footballer, who was playing for Paris Saint-Germain, 256 times out of 308 times. For the French national team his record is 48 goals in 82 games.
In that group D match, the number 10 of the “Bleus” was injured after his nose collided with the back of opposing defender Kevin Danso, in the 86th minute.
Mbappé just after breaking his nose against Austria.
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In the following game, he saw his nation from the bench 0-0 draw against the Netherlandsafter returning to the field, with the mask already integrated into his clothes, to face Austria.
“It’s terrible to play with a mask”
Against Belgium, the player missed some clear opportunities that he would not forgive on other occasions. Didier Deschamps, the French coach, addressed the question at the end of the game and said that the athlete “still getting used to the mask”which could negatively affect your game.
“Sweat is still bothering him, it can get into his eyes. It’s difficult for his vision, it’s a tenth of a second, but it’s important (…) He will have to get used to it because he can use it for a few weeks or even a few months”, said the French coach, quoted by the BBC.
The player himself, who adjusted his face protection equipment several times against Belgium, had already said in the match preview, on Sunday, that the use of the mask is inseparable from his performance below what was expected:
“It’s terrible playing with a mask. I’m always changing masks because there’s always something that bothers me, there’s something that’s not right. It’s very difficult to play with a mask because it limits the field of vision, sweat blocks and need to let it out.”
Now, because bad luck never comes alone, as well as the lack of effectiveness of Kylian Mbappé, the remaining attackers of the company did not show themselves to be lethal in front of the goal, which explains the three goals scored in four games at the Euros for the French. team , two of which were “sponsored” by the opponent themselves, which makes the goal itself the Gauls’ “best scorer” in the competition.
The world football star will try to reverse this situation in the next meeting, against Portugal, Friday, a decisive full game, worth the golden ticket to the semi-finals of Euro 2024 From now on, the winner of this game is known to compete for one of the places in the final with Spain or Germany. together on the same day.