Hugo Lloris – Dave Winter / BPI / Shutterstock / SIPA
Wales reduced to ten after 20 minutes and now Bulgaria. We can not say that the France team has chosen to rub shoulders with the elite of continental football before approaching the Euro. A remark that tickles Didier Deschamps, who recalled Monday in the match-watch conference that not all opponents are available, but especially Hugo Lloris who does not necessarily see the preparation matches as a means of expressing his collective strength or ‘send messages to the competition.
“The objective is not to gauge oneself, it is to have playing time, to find benchmarks individually and collectively, hoping that a maximum of players have playing time,” said the goalkeeper. Tottenham. The goal is also to confirm all the good things done during the prep week and against the Welsh. The competition is June 15 against the Germans. And in the approach there will be this adrenaline, this unknown at the dawn of competition, with this confidence and this humility. In other words, no need to play Brazil to get in the bath, things will be done naturally.
A big level in training
Good sparring partner is not just about his level, his profile is also important. And Didier Deschamps sees some use in meeting an opponent like Bulgaria. “They play with a defense of three or five and we will also encounter this pattern against Germany, even if it will be at another level. So on that side it will be a good thing. “
And if after that, you are still worried about the gap between the level of preparation of our Blues and that of Portugal, who faced Spain to warm up, rest assured: DD has a group of 26 players so dense that the oppositions to training are already well enough disputed from the little that we have seen. So much so that the staff of the France team has planned a day off on Wednesday. After all, it makes sense. When you are a world champion, there is no better opponent than yourself.