Finally. 15 months from the 2026 World Cup in Canada, the United States and Mexico, the French team finally knows its group of playoffs in the Europe zone. The Blues of Didier Deschamps were indeed drawn in two different groups pending their result in the quarterfinals of the League of Nations against Croatia. Their qualification for the “Final Four” of the LDN, Sunday evening after a shooting session in a stadium in France in delirium, sends them to a hen of 4 of the playoffs of FIFA World Cup 26. The decision will be in the space of two months, in September, October and November.
A group ” cake “this is how Daniel Riolo and Florent Gautreau, the stakeholders starAfter Footqualified the drawing of the tricolor selection Sunday evening on the RMC antenna. However, only the first in the hen will win his sesame for competition in North America. France will therefore not have the right to any misconduct and will even have to enforce its status as a world entrance to Ukraine, 25th in the FIFA ranking and which was the Hats 2 team of the draw made last December. The meeting is scheduled for September 5, in a place to be determined by the Ukrainian federation.
The Blues in front of a golden generation
The Ukrainians, led by former striker Serhiy Rebrov, are formidable outsiders in this qualifying pool. They are taken by a “Golden generation”with the guardian of Real Andriy Lunin, the Roc Ilya Zabarnyi, the left -hander Oleksandr Zinchenko, the offensive crack Viktor Tsygankov and the scorer Artem Dovbyk, but they disappointed during Euro 2024, not passing the first round. In recent days, they have beaten Belgium 3-1 Thursday, in Murcia (Spain), before being overturned by the Rudi Garcia Red Devils on Sunday, in a return to the League of Nations, by losing 3-0.
That said, the French team inherits two other opponents largely within its reach: Iceland, 70th in the FIFA ranking, on September 9 in Saint-Denis, then Azerbaijan, 117th world, on October 10, again at “SDF”. Kylian Mbappé and his teammates will then play in Iceland on October 13, before concluding with the reception of Ukraine on November 13 and traveling to Baku, perhaps with the qualification for the 2026 World Cup already in pocket.
