The Blues are back. For their first meeting of the season, the French team is traveling this Friday evening in Poland to face Ukraine, as part of the 1st day of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
With the injury of Ousmane Dembélé, hit in the left hamstring during the large PSG victory in Toulouse last Saturday (3-6), Désiré Doué was chosen by Didier Deschamps to occupy the right side of the French attack. “Dembouz” is still on the match sheet. He could therefore entered during the game.
Gifted to the right, an olise as a leader
The Blues will evolve in a 4-2-3-1, as expected, with Kylian Mbappé at the point. Author of a canon start to the season with Bayern Munich, Michael Olise will occupy the number 10 position, with Bradley Barcola on his left.
In the middle, the Koné-Tchouameni pair once again has the favors of the tricolor coach. Regarding the defense, Jules Koundé is a right, Dayot Upamecano and Ibrahima Konaté will form the central hinge, while Lucas Digne has been preferred to the left in Theo Hernandez. Mike Maignan will keep the cage.
The official composition of the Blues: Maignan – Koundé, Upamecano, Konaté, Digne – Tchouameni, Koné – Doué, Olise, Barcola – Mbappé
