2023-11-22 21:00:00
MOOD – Brilliantly qualified for the Euro after a great year in 2023, the French team has all the weapons to dream big next summer. As long as you respect football.
Leaving Athens on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday after the final meeting of the year against Greece (2-2), Didier Deschamps and his troops could not hide their pleasure and satisfaction. If the absence of a roller coaster in the Euro qualifiers (22 points out of 24 possible, 7 victories, a draw, 29 goals for, 3 goals against) could have irritated them during the return to Paris, this feeling was quickly swept away by a positive overall impression. That of having perfectly negotiated the change since the World Cup final eleven months ago, between the departure of the new retirees (Lloris, Varane, Benzema, Mandanda), the absence of two former essentials (Pogba, Kanté), a new captain (Mbappé) and vice-captain (Griezmann) and the quest for permanent continuity in results.
2023 will have often been pleasing (2 victories against the Netherlands), sometimes spectacular (14-0 against Gibraltar, the biggest victory for the Blues) and rarely disappointing (defeat in Germany with a team largely…
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