The poster looks. Less than a year after the semi-final of Euro 2024 won by Spain against the French team, the gang in Deschamps finds the European champions to try to wash this affront. The stake is less, inevitably, but this Final 4 of the League of Nations remains an interesting playground for the Blues.
A French team completely overhauled after the massacre which affected its defensive sector. Didier Deschamps is forced to touch up half of his rearguard. In front of Mike Maignan, the Saliba-Upamecano hinge which performed against Croatia should give way to an unprecedented tandem composed of Ibrahima Konaté and Clément Lenglet. If Théo Hernandez will have a lot to do on the left side against Lamine Yamal, the right flank will be occupied by a new little since Pierre Kalulu is expected to start.
Another interrogation concerned the midfield, but Adrien Rabiot should be associated with Manu Koné in this sector where Michael Olise, brilliant three months ago, would have the keys to the game a little higher in a role of number 10. A system in 4-2-3-1 which would therefore associate 4 players with an offensive vocation.
Dembélé finally holder?
What about Ousmane Dembélé? Arrived later with his Parisian teammates after the coronation in the Champions League, the top scorer of PSG should start well and have his match in the match with Lamine Yamal for the Ballon d'Or. It remains to be seen in what position … When he received his trophy from best Ligue 1 player at the UNFP gala recently, the Parisian slipped to Didier Deschamps whom he still played on the right …
The possibility of seeing the European neo-champion taking on a role of false number 9 is possible. In which case Kylian Mbappé would find a left side which he has surveyed so much. The hero of Munich, desired gifted, also expected, would recover the right half.
The expected composition for the Blues : Maignan – Kalulu, Konaté, Lenglet, T. Hernandez – Koné, Rabiot – Olise – Dembélé, Mbappé, Goué.
