The France team begins the Euro Espoirs this Thursday with big ambitions. As usual, but it almost never materializes. Can Sylvain Ripoll finally remedy this?
The season is still not over for a handful of French players, who are involved in Euro Espoirs. This competition, which takes place in Romania and Georgia, begins this Thursday evening for Les Bleuets, who will immediately warm up with Italy (8:45 p.m. on W9 and BeIN Sports 1). Despite the eternal failures of the French in this competition, not won for 35 years and the Eric Cantona generation, the formation of Sylvain Ripoll is considered one of the favorites. It must be said that the list is impressive, with players already confirmed in Ligue 1 for some, such as Lukeba, Caqueret, Gouiri, K. Thuram, Kalimuendo, Barcola, Le Féé, Cherki or Wahi.
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A small armada that sends dreams to paper, but be careful, because the Blueberries have the annoying habit of disappearing in major events. However, this does not prevent the coach from admitting his high ambitions when embarking on a group which includes Italy, but also Norway and Switzerland. “ The title as a goal? Yes, but as I would find that normal for many other teams. Spain and Germany are coming for the title, Portugal and the Netherlands too, Italy the same… The level will be very high. Even the other selections that are not labeled, such as Switzerland and Norway in our group, will also be very difficult to maneuver, because they have well-established and permanent collective virtues. “Warned Sylvain Ripoll, who knows that the great fault of the Bleuets is always to offer a coherent collective performance in a group where there are many individualities.
“Stars” at the service of the team, that’s the key
” But a golden generation does not guarantee anything, and especially not a result. The most important thing in a team is its collective strength. When we talk about a good generation, it is in relation to an individual perception of the players who make up the group. All taken one by one, they play in big clubs…”underlined the coach, who also knows that he is preparing part of his team for the big event of the 2024 Olympic Games.
