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France won the UEFA Nations League last year, now almost relegated

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French suffered a sharp decline in performance and results UEFA Nations League. current champion status, Blues almost relegated this year.

Early France UEFA Nations League 2022/2023 as defending champion. In the 2020/2021 edition, they appeared powerful without defeat from the group stage to the finals.

Kylian Mbappe and others at the time won five group stage matches and drew once, qualifying for the semi-finals with a capital of 16 points. They then frustrated Belgium in the semifinals and then beat Spain in the first party to take the title.

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The French material full of top players, both senior like Olivier Giroud, Antoine Griezmann, Raphael Varane and young people like Mbappe, Aurelien Tchouameni, Eduardo Camavingan or Jules Kounde always makes them superior. But the higher state guarantees nothing.

France this time in chaos. Become the favorite to win Group 1 UEFA Nations League A, the team created Didier Deschamps instead he finished behind Croatia and Denmark, and with only one point ahead of Austria.

The 2018 world champions would have nearly relegated if Austria had achieved a positive result over Croatia last night, which turned out to be a 1-3 defeat at home. For the record, Austria beat Croatia 3-0 away in June.

Of the six games played, France only won one victory, drew two and lost three. Their goal record is negative because they have scored five goals and conceded seven times.

For the record, France had previously appeared powerful with seven straight wins and unbeaten in nine games. Even from November 2020 to March 2022, France only lost one of 20 games and won 14.

“I am not going to delve further into the situation, it is a reminder of what lies ahead in two months. Top level football. For now we are far from that, it is a complicated situation for everyone here,” Deschamps was quoted as told by The Athletic.

“The highest level always requires the highest demands, even more so in the final stages of the World Cup. Today I have no excuses, obviously we have quality young people who are learning. But the most important thing is to recover all the players vital for the game. World Cup, “he continued.

(raw / krs)

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