In the best of all worlds in Blue, France still has four passes to climb to win its third Euro at the end of the final of July 11, after those of 1984 and 2000. Only, as the slope grows hardens, the number of team members is reduced, without the possibility of medical jokers. And there is growing concern about the physical condition of the DD tape.
The unfortunate Ousmane Dembélé, the thigh again HS, put the arrow in the second match against Hungary (1-1), Saturday. This Wednesday against Portugal (2-2), it was in turn the two Lucas, Hernandez then Digne, who dismounted. “The most worrying is Lucas Digne because it’s a muscle injury [à l’ischio-jambier], admitted Deschamps. Him it will be very complicated. “
It only remains to cross his fingers for Hernandez, delicately with a knee, so that the Blues do not end the competition with Adrien Rabiot, Presnel Kimpembé or Guy Stéphan as left side.
Tuesday’s Swiss opponent in the 8th is not classified out of category, but if all goes well against the Helvetians, the rest will be much more serious. And it will be necessary to approach it with players tired by an extraordinary covid season, and a group phase without respite or rest for some.
Few rotations at certain positions
“We still have players like Benzema, Griezmann, Mbappé, Pogba, Kanté, who played a lot in the first three games, judge Willy Sagnol in The team. There have been very few rotations in these positions. “
If the former international right-back trusts Deschamps for the management of the group, he also notes having “seen the other teams make a little more rotations than the Blues”. “We have already pulled a lot on the organizations,” he notes. It only remains to hope that “the cat has DD” also has gifts of healer.