The French team is looking ahead to Euro 2024 with the draw for the group stage of the competition.
It is at around 6 p.m. that the draw for Euro 2024 will begin this Saturday in Hamburg, in the host country of the competition. The Blues will therefore be focused on the identity of their opponents to plan for this European Nations Championship. After a very satisfactory year 2023, optimism is in order in Didier Deschamps’ group. But history shows that the luck factor also has its importance in a great adventure.
Four years ago, Didier Deschamps came to the ceremony, but his pet was not with him. The Blues had suffered a particularly tough group with Germany, Portugal and Hungary. A group which had not prevented them from qualifying for the eighth, but which had forced them to focus their physical preparation on this first round, with peak form reached earlier than usual. What followed was much more delicate, with a barrage of injuries calling for improvised choices against Switzerland, with the result that we know.
If she is not not safe from a group of death, the French team is still hoping for another scenario this Saturday. Placed in the first hat, the world vice-champions could inherit a pool well within their reach. Curiously, hat 2, where only Denmark stands out, appears to be the least interesting. In hat 3, the Netherlands and Croatia are scary, just like Italy in hat 4. By avoiding these nations used to transforming on big occasions, Kylian Mbappé and his teammates will be able to talk about a “good draw” . And for once, Didier Deschamps will have nothing to do with it. The coach will not be in Hamburg to see him.
The best draw for the Blues : France, Albania, Slovenia, a roadblock operator.
Hats before the Euro 2024 draw
Hat 1 : Germany, Portugal, France, Spain, Belgium, England.
Hat 2 : Hungary, Türkiye, Romania, Denmark, Albania, Austria.
Hat 3 : Netherlands, Scotland, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic
Hat 4 : Italy, Serbia, Switzerland, winner of play-off A*, winner of play-off B**, winner of play-off C***.
*Poland, Estonia, Wales or Finland
**Israel, Iceland, Bosnia-Herzegovina or Ukraine
***Georgia, Luxembourg, Greece or Kazakhstan
