Despite his 27 goals in Ligue 1 this season, Alexandre Lacazette was not selected by Didier Deschamps in the French team.
On the strength of his excellent season under the colors of Olympique Lyonnais, Alexandre Lacazette was no doubt hoping for a return to the French team during the matches in June against Gibraltar and Greece in the Euro 2024 qualifiers. strong dose of hope and many observers in favor of his return, Alexandre Lacazette was not retained by Didier Deschamps.
Didier Deschamps unveiled the 2️⃣3️⃣ called up for our next 2 EURO 2024 qualifying matches 👊
June 16: 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 🆚 France 🇫🇷
June 19: 🇫🇷 France 🆚 Greece 🇬🇷#ProudToBeBlues pic.twitter.com/vAzQCedDuf— French team ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) May 31, 2023
Indeed, the national coach preferred Marcus Thuram or Randal Kolo-Muani to this center-forward position to accompany Olivier Giroud and Kylian Mbappé. In the Téléfoot program on TF1, the former coach of Olympique de Marseille was asked about the absence of the captain of Les Gones. The following question was asked to Didier Deschamps during the famous yes-no column. “Alexandre Lacazette, second top scorer in Ligue 1, did he deserve to come back to the French team? ». A simple question to which Didier Deschamps somewhat hesitated before finally launching ” um yes “.
Lacazette deserved the Blues, Deschamps admits it
The proof that in the eyes of the tricolor coach, the question arose about a potential return of Alexandre Lacazette to the Blues. Finally, and despite an exceptional season with 27 goals in Ligue 1, only two less than Kylian Mbappé, the captain of OL was not called up to the French team. This does not mean that general “Laca” will not return to the Blues, Didier Deschamps having proved on many occasions (Rabiot, Giroud, Benzema) that he could bring back to the French team players for whom all the everyone thought it was over. Even if it has to be said, Lacazette seems to go quite far in the mind of his national coach.
