As part of the qualifications for Euro 2024, the France team “only” won 3-0 against the modest Gibraltar team. A result obtained on unworthy ground and in front of largely deserted stands.
The Blues have brought back three points from their trip to Portugal where on the lawn in poor condition of the Faro stadium they came to the end (0-3) of Gibraltar, a team currently ranked 201st in the world by FIFA. Even if the victory was there, some are disappointed that the France team did not humiliate their opponent a little more, waiting for Kylian Mbappé and his teammates to score 7 or 8 goals. But, for Vikash Dhorasoo, there is nothing to say about the score, this match being to be put into perspective. ” I don’t see how you can shine in this kind of match, with such a difference in level, so little opposition. It’s complicated, collectively, to develop an extraordinary game and to make differences, individually. It’s also human: the best players in the world are playing in Gibraltar, after a crazy season! It’s a game you’ll soon forget. Honestly, you want to surpass yourself when you have a very strong opponent in front of you. There, you had a team which perhaps did not have the means, but which also refused to play. It’s a possibility, in football, to play with ten, behind, with only one guy in front “, points out, in L’Equipe, the former player who is not the only one to think that.
0-3 or 0-7, France won and that’s enough
3️⃣ matches
3️⃣ wins
3️⃣ clean sheets
8️⃣ goals scoredQualifying for Euro 2024 is off to a good start. Next step Monday against Greece 👊#ProudToBeBlues pic.twitter.com/rWm9gBdZA2
— French team ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) June 16, 2023
This Saturday in The Big Mouths of Sport, Denis Charvet, former tricolor international rugby player, also recognized that this Gibraltar-France had no interest and neither did its result. ” I saw exactly what I expected. There is no surprise, there is no disappointment at all. With a little more efficiency, they would have made it 7-0 or more. The truth is that they did the job and there were no injuries, and that is the first satisfaction. It’s a match in which there is not really a stake, the motivation is not there, because there is no lever to motivate the players “Said Denis Charvet, who has already forgotten this meeting which comes at the end of a very very long season for French international footballers. In the classification of its qualifying group, France is alone in the lead with three wins in as many games, eight goals scored and zero goals conceded. We saw worse results before receiving Greece on Monday at the Stade de France, second in the group.
