Even when Antoine Griezmann is no longer there, Kylian Mbappé is absent and it is not a very big night, the French team is therefore able to score goals. Not just one or two, but in fact four, compared to Israel (4-1), during the victory of the Blues in the League of Nations, Thursday 10 October, in the Bozsik Arena in Budapest (Hungary) – the choice of the Israelis no more. he has played matches on his territory since the attacks on 7 October.
“Four goals, it’s been a while since that happened to us”Didier Deschamps was observed after the meeting. It was eleven months and fourteen games, similar to the number of goals scored against Gibraltar (14-0), in November 2023. One year and success against Scotland (4-1), last month September of the same year, for the opposition. even the name. There have been many bouts of French attacking ineffectiveness in recent months to overshadow this statistic: against Israel, the Blues scored five times and scored four times.
“We know that if we want to win, we have to be efficient. we were today”welcome to Bradley Barcola, who scored France’s final goal of the evening at the end of the game (89th). However, it would be inaccurate to claim that the final gap of three goals is the result of insurmountable logic. It certainly reflects the difference in technical level between the two teams, but not the overall performance of France.
In control, the Blues were in charge without too many problems, like this 67% of ball possession and a strong defensive base – despite an alignment error on the goal of Omri Gandelman (24), the only Israeli situation of the game. “We were serious and diligent”description of the coach, who also considered that his players had shown “lots of enthusiasm”. However, this desire to finish the game was not evident, with long periods of indolence, especially in the second period.
Camavinga and Nkunku scored points
The international retirement of Griezmann, at this meeting, would be better to take possession of the power of young players, who have yet to tackle the international scene and be more tamed to produce moments of grace in attack, which is still too rare. On the pitch, only Ousmane Dembélé had more than forty selections. “It’s a good opportunity, with the arrival of this new generation”said Eduardo Camavinga, after the match, at the TF1 microphone.