AJ AJ AUJ AJ, OM and Montpellier then immense icon of Manchester United, champion of England in 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1997, Eric Cantona obviously missed the coach in the French team. The Marseille native made the star player of the Blues from 1987 to 1995 (45 selections, 20 goals). But, symbol of the scandalous non -qualification at the 1994 World Cup against Bulgaria in November 1993 (with the Consulté David Ginola), Cantona was dismissed by Aimé Jacquet and missed Euro 96 and the 98 World Cup.
“Canto” had nevertheless offered a title to French football, by winning the European football championship Espoirs 1988. The tournament was then argued in round-trip matches and the blueberries had dominated Italy (2-1, 2-2), England (4-2, 2-2) then Greece in the final (0-0 in Athens, 0-3 in Besançon). Franck Sauzée offered a double during the final return against the Greeks and Franck Silvestre was the other scorer.
Eric Cantona, he scored three goals during this Euro Espoirs 88 and it was Stéphane Paille, a young Sochaux striker in D2 at the time, who finished top scorer in the competition with four achievements. Paille, Cantona and Sauzée are the best French scorers in history in a European championship under 21, as accounts for X Stats Foot.
Who to make up for Cantona?
While Thierry Henry, David Trezeguet and Djibril Cissé never played the Euro Espoirs, we find Robert Pirès, Florian Maurice, Bryan Bergougnoux, Olivier Sorlin, Pierre-Alain Frau, Jonathan Ikoné, Odsonne Édouard and the current international tricolors Bradley Barcola and Rayan Cherki with two achievements in this competition.
The attackers of the French Hopes team will therefore try to shake the nets in the last two games of the group phase, against Georgia this Saturday (9 p.m. on W9) and Poland next Tuesday, after the drawless against Portugal. Mathys could be aligned at the forefront instead of Matthis Abline this Saturday. The crack trained in Rennes has the talent to stack the goals and get closer to the cantona and straw.
