The COMPLICATED political state of affairs is inflicting sudden stress within the French nationwide crew making ready for the match towards Austria: Ousmane Dembélé was extra cautious at first, however Marcus Thuram has already expressed an open place relating to the early elections to the Nationwide Meeting introduced after the European Parliament elections. In keeping with L’Équipe’s info, the crew mentioned throughout Saturday’s lunch the way it will talk in regards to the occasions sooner or later (the press continues to ask questions in regards to the subject), the French Soccer Federation doesn’t plan to intervene in any case, it retains the gamers’ freedom of opinion in thoughts. It’s not good for morale that politics drove a wedge between the crew and the followers earlier than the beginning of the event, many hateful feedback could be learn beneath the European Championship-related content material uploaded to social media.
After all, a superb begin towards Austria may ease the heightened temper, however Didier Deschamps has issues with the composition of the crew. Actual Madrid could not depend on Aurélien Tchouaméni on the finish of the season, and even on Sunday he did not full a full coaching session, he definitely will not begin in Monday evening’s assembly, he would possibly come on in its place. Adrien Rabiot additionally missed each of the French crew’s warm-up matches, and though he’s in higher situation than Tchouaméni, his place within the beginning line-up can be questionable.
The invitation of N’Golo Kante to the nationwide crew already is sensible: it’s troublesome to find out the bodily situation of the midfielder, who signed a contract with Al-Ittihad from Chelsea final summer season. However not less than he could be deployed, and it is usually sure that as a world champion and as a World Championship and European Championship silver medalist, the nationwide crew captain doesn’t have a extra skilled midfielder than him, so the arrogance was largely attributable to him. If the extreme play of the Austrians causes bodily issues, 21-year-old Eduardo Camavinga and 18-year-old Warren Zaire-Emery might help. France’s Euro squad is likely one of the deepest of the 24 groups, and that already counts for lots within the opener. And in the long term, the truth that classics like Tchouaméni and Rabiot will certainly play within the second or third assembly of the event could make a big distinction.
Christoph Baumgartner (Picture: Getty Photos)
Christoph Baumgartner can set a nationwide crew aim report
Hans Krankl It was the primary time since his streak in 1976 that an Austrian participant scored in 5 consecutive matches for the nationwide crew. Christoph Baumgartner he’s aiming for the sixth towards France, as he additionally scored towards Germany (2–0), Slovakia (2–0), Turkey (6–1), Serbia (2–1) and Switzerland (1–1). In keeping with the official ORF archive, Richard Kuthan (between 1920 and 1921) and Ernst Melchior (1950) managed to attain a aim for the nationwide crew in six matches in a row. ORF requested the attacker about this, who discovered about this statistic after the warm-up match towards the Swiss: “It is cool, but it surely would not matter a lot if we do not play properly and do not win. We should make it troublesome for France. From the start, we wish to dictate a tough tempo and outline the picture of the sport, somewhat than drifting with the occasions.”
GROUP D
France, Holland, Austria, Poland
FRANCE (25 folks)
Goalkeepers: 23 – Alphonse Areola (West Ham – Anglia), 16 – Mike Maignan (Milan – Italy), 1 – Brice Samba (Lens)
Defenders: 21 – Jonathan Clauss (Marseille), 22 – Théo Hernandez (Milan – Italy), 24 – Ibrahima Konate (Liverpool – Anglia), 5 – Jules Koundé (FC Barcelona – Spain), 3 – Ferland Mendy (Actual Madrid – Spain), 2 – Benjamin Pavard (Internazionale – Italy), 17 – William Saliba (Arsenal – Anglia), 4 – Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich – Germany)
Midfielders: 6 – Edward Camavinga (Actual Madrid – Spain), 19 – Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), 7 – Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid – Spain), 13 – N’Golo Kante (Al-Ittihad – Saudi Arabia), 14 – Adrien Rabiot (Juventus – Italy), 8 – Aurélien Tchouaméni (Actual Madrid – Spain), 18 – Warren Zaire-Emery (Paris Saint Germain)
Forwards: 25 – Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint Germain), 20 – Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich – Germany), 11 – Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint Germain), 9 – Olivier Giroud (Milan – Italy), 12 – Randal Kolo Muani (Paris Saint Germain), 10 – Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain), 15 – Marcus Thuram (Internazionale – Italy)
Nationwide captain: Didier Deschamps
AUSTRIA
Goalkeepers: 12 – Niklas Hedl (Speedy Vienna), 1 – Heinz Lindner (Union Saint-Gilloise – Belgium), 13 – Patrick Pentz (Bröndby – Denmark)
Defenders: 21 – Flavius Daniliuc (Crimson Bull Salzburg), 4 – Kevin Dance (Lens – France), 15 – Philipp Lienhart (Freiburg – Germany), 16 – Phillipp Mwene (Mainz – Germany), 5 – Stefan Posch (Bologna – Italy), 14 – Leopold Querfeld (Speedy Vienna), 3 – Gernot Trauner (Feyenoord – Hollandia), 2 – Maximilian Wöber (Mönchengladbach – Germany)
Midfielders: 19 – Christoph Baumgartner (RB Leipzig – Germany), 10 – Florian Grillitsch (Hoffenheim – Germany), 26 – Marco Grüll (Speedy Vienna), 17 – Florian Kainz (Cologne – Germany), 20 – Konrad Laimer (Bayern Munich – Germany), 8 – Alexander Prass (Storm Graz), 9 – Marcel Sabitzer (Borussia Dortmund – Germany), 18 – Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen – Germany), 22 – Matthias Seidl (Speedy Vienna), 6 – Nicolas Seiwald (RB Leipzig – Germany), 23 – Patrick Wimmer (Wolfsburg – Germany)
Forwards: 7 – Marko Arnautovic (Internazionale – Italy), 25 – Maximilian Entrup (Hartberg), 11 – Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg – Germany), 24 – Andreas Weimann (West Bromwich Albion – England)
Nationwide captain: Ralf Rangnick (German)
GROUP D
SUNDAY, JUNE 16
Hamburg: Poland-Netherlands 1-2
MONDAY, JUNE 17
21.00, Düsseldorf: Austria-France
FRIDAY, JUNE 21
18.00, Berlin: Poland-Austria
21.00, Leipzig: Netherlands-France
TUESDAY, JUNE 25
18.00, Berlin: Netherlands-Austria
18.00, Dortmund: France-Poland
