In the absence of Dayot Upamecano and William Saliba for the French team’s next two matches against the Netherlands and Scotland, can Didier Deschamps try Benjamin Pavard in the central hinge? This is at least what journalist Nabil Djellit is calling for.
Author of a solid success in the Euro 2024 qualifiers with five victories in as many matches, Didier Deschamps’ French team can obtain its sesame this Friday evening (8:45 p.m.) in the event of victory against the Netherlands, in Amsterdam. The Blues coach, however, is helpless in defense to challenge the Oranje, with the withdrawals of Dayot Upamecano, Jules Koundé, William Saliba and Axel Disasi. Jean-Clair Todibo and Castello Lukeba were called in as reinforcements.
The “Dèche” should combine Ibrahima Konaté and Lucas Hernandez in the central hinge, according to The Team three days before the meeting, but Nabil Djellit, on the set of the channel of the same media, campaigned for the replacement of Benjamin Pavard in the axis alongside Konaté. “ I reward Pavard a little, who was downgraded during the World Cup (2022 in Qatar, editor’s note), who accepted versatility in the interest of the France team and who, today, with Inter Milan, is a very good central defender. If he doesn’t play when Upamecano is not there, he never plays. We are on top defenders, there are deltas like that between them », Launched the journalist.
The Blues having a small margin in the race for qualification, Djellit hopes to see Jonathan Clauss, a “ counterattacker “, start from the start during the clash on Dutch soil, with Lucas Hernandez on the left, in the similar role he has at PSG (at the expense of his little brother Théo). However, it is against Scotland, in a friendly match, next Tuesday in Lille, that the coach of the 2018 world champions and 2022 world vice-champions could carry out more tests.
