Didier Deschamps obviously has already decided as to the French team which promises to face Croatia, this Thursday in Split, in the quarter -final first leg of the League of Nations. In view of the training and implementation observed Wednesday on the eve of the meeting, a 4-3-3 emerges.
In addition to Maignan, the number one porter of the Blues, with the aim, the expected defensive quartet consists in the axis of Ibrahima Konaté and William Saliba-Dayot Upamecano having been spared these days due to discomfort in an ankle-and on the sides of Jules Koundé and Lucas Digne.
Kolo Muani holder in attack
In the midfield, except Aurélien Tchouameni and Adrien Rabiot – almost some of them to be there – Mattéo Guendouzi should be preferred to his Roman counterpart Manu Koné. In attack, the indisputable Ousmane Dembélé and Kylian Mbappé should be accompanied by Randal Kolo Muani, who would evolve on the right side at the expense of Michael Olise.
The probable eleven of the Blues in Croatia: Maignan-Koundé, Konaté, Saliba, Digne- Guendouzi, Tchouameni, Rabiot- Kolo Muani, Dembélé, Mbappé.
