If Kylian Mbappé is already in great shape with Real Madrid, the French team will compose with several less weapons for its first two matches of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Eduardo Camavonga and Ferland Mendy were not called because in the recovery phase, then William Saliba and Rayan Cherki, victims of muscle injury, were replaced by Benjamin Pavard and Hugo Ekitike. Pending other possible packages this Monday in Clairefontaine Monday…
The Blues should not miss themselves in the coming days since they face their main opponent, Ukraine, this Friday (8:45 p.m.) in Wroclaw. The selection led by Oleksandr Zinchenko does not evolve in his country because of the invasion led by Russia but will be able to count on an audience acquired in its cause since more than three million compatriots live in Poland.
Vice-world vice-champions have a more affordable calendar later with the arrival of Iceland to the Parc des Princes on Tuesday next week. France will have to fill up on points against Azerbaijan, October 10, still in the PSG enclosure, then to Reykjavik, three days later. It will be necessary to avoid making France-Ukraine on November 13 a “final” of the group. The Blues will finish in Baku on November 16.
The French Top 4 team of the League of Nations
In these European qualifications, the first 12 of each group qualify directly for the World Cup 26 organized in Canada, the United States and Mexico (but entirely disputed in the US from the quarter-finals). The 12 seconds will be accompanied by four teams drafted via the League of Nations for the dams of March 2026, which will compete in the form of four Final Four, for as many additional tickets.
If the selection of Didier Deschamps does not win her group of playoffs, she will compete although he arrives the dams, either as the second of the playoffs, or by being part of the four teams drafted via the League of Nations. Mike Maignan and his teammates are 4th in the general classification of the LDN after winning group D (they then finished 3rd in the Final Four by beating Germany). In the event of dams, France will be one of the four heads of series (determined by the world FIFA ranking), will receive in the semi-finals but not necessarily in the final.
