One in two chance of winning, we saw worse as a lottery. With the success won at the end of the suspense against Croatia in the quarterfinals return from the League of Nations (2-0, 5-4 TAB), the Blues gradually reconcile with an exercise that has never smiled for too many years. Indeed, out of ten penalty shootouts played in the history of French football, the French team won five, half.
The men of Mike Maignan, evening hero, even chained a second success in the exercise after the quarter -final of Euro 2024 won against Portugal. A first since 1996 and a session won against the Netherlands in the quarter-final of the Euro, a few days before a sad setback against the Czech Republic in the semi-finals … on penalties.
