Scenario 1, in 2018: victories with Australia and Peru, draw with Denmark that sealed first place in the group, consecutive wins with Argentina, Uruguay and Belgium until the final won against Croatia, Scenario 2, in 2020: victory against Germany with a Hummels own goal, two draws with Hungary and Portugal, the relegation in the round of 16 against Switzerland in the penalty shootout. A World Cup like the one in 2018 has not been just a Euro Cup like the one in 2020 plus Brazil and Argentina for a long time, but the two realities show the harsh reality in which the present of France is based: even with some casualties due to injury, it has a of the best squads but your worst opponent is yours.
From bad relationships between players, often due to ego, to wars that even involved families, through heated emotions in the locker room in extreme situations, to Kylian Mbappé’s tics of authority in terms of image rights that France had in the League of Nations. an extension of the worst that he experienced in the European Championship, finishing the group stage with only one victory in six games and not going down to League B because Austria also lost on the last day. If Didier Deschamps had as his main mission in 2012 to unite a team in pieces, With episodes that reached the point where the players refused to get off the bus to train due to disagreements with Raymond Domenech, now the coach is trying to avoid such an extreme situation with sports influence.
Even without key figures like Kanté or Paul Pogba (Kimpembe also met the conditions to start in a scheme with three defenders), France has the current Ballon d’Or (Benzema), a potential future Ballon d’Or. O (Mbappé) and a gold medal almost a Ballon d’Or that did not reach more because Ronaldo and Messi (Griezmann) were ahead of him. Quality players are not lacking, the question lies in whether or not they will be able to put together a strong team in an accessible group where their main rival is Denmark, with whom they lost in the last match of the League of Nations. Passing first, it is one of the teams with the best chances of reaching the final, unless its main rival is not Switzerland but France itself.
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Source: Observadora
