Far from the tumult of a 2024 failed in large widths, theFrench team returned to a great serenity. The Blues perform this first gathering of the year with a small carrot to be won since their double-confrontation against Croatia could allow them to access the last square of the League of Nations.
First round scheduled this Thursday evening at the Split Poljud stadium (kick -off at 8:45 p.m.). With which starting eleven? Didier Deschamps' choices will necessarily be scrutinized, because the landscape of the France team has changed with the found states of certain elements.
Croatie-France, Compos: The strong choices of Deschamps
The first question concerns the attack: if Kylian Mbappé – Back – and Ousmane Dembélé stands out as evidence, the positioning of the two accomplices could be quite free. But who will start in the axis on the match sheet?
In attack, always, the places are expensive to support the two stars. Randal Kolo Muani would hold the rope for its good service states with the selection, even if Bradley Barcola, Michael Olise and the new new Doué will have a say, certainly at the exit of the bench.
The other major surprise concerns the midfielder, where Mattéo Guendouzi would be preferred to Manu Koné to accompany Aurélien Tchouaméni and Adrien Rabiot. The Konaté-Saliba central hinge would hold the road, while Jules Koundé and Lucas Digne have scored enough points to settle on the sides. Finally, Mike Maignan, who is not in the form of his life, remains number 1 in goals.
The expected composition for the Blues : Maignan-Koundé, I. Konaté, Saliba, Digne- Guendouzi, Tchouameni, Rabiot- Kolo Muani, O. Dembélé, K. Mbappé.
