The big moment is closer to the players of the French team. On July 5, the girls of Laurent Bonadei will start Euro 2025 with the firm intention of being well. A task that is necessarily complicated for a team that has never yet won a trophy in official competition and which remains at 2024 disappointing Olympic Games. For this new competition, expectations are not necessarily very high. Whatever.
While the French Football Federation has started in its forecast budget over a minimum quarter -final for the Bleues, Bixente Lizarazu gave its opinion on the subject. TF1 consultant did it as part of the program “Telefoot” broadcast this Sunday. “Already reaching the semi-finals would be a good goal. »» A wish, however, quickly tempered by the 1998 and European world champion 2000 with France.
“Again, confidence comes as the competition progresses. It comes according to the first results, the cohesion that can be in a team that is strengthened over the competition. »» Bixente Lizarazu then took the opportunity to evoke the strong choice of the coach to turn the page Wendie Renard and Eugénie Le Sommer just before this Euro 2025. “There are two major absences. It can be positive and release some players but it can also lack experience at some point. There will not be Wendie Renard or Eugénie le Sommer. It is a strong choice. Maybe it will allow this team to reveal itself. »»
Towel opponents for the Blue
But the road promises to be long and strewn with pitfalls for Captain Griedge Mbock and his own, according to the consultant.
“We must not forget that there is a reigning world champion Spain. There is England that we will already find in the group stage, reigning European champion. Germany also which is a very, very beautiful team. There are people and competition. »»
It remains to be seen what the French will be able to offer, they who will therefore start competition on July 5 against the English before chaining with a duel against the country of Wales four days later, then a tracking meeting against the Netherlands (July 13).
