In the event of direct qualification for the 2026 World Cup in November (or as early as mid-October), the French team will fly for the United States next March for a friendly meeting of Gala against Brazil. We will then be three months before the World Cup organized in the three major countries in North America (Mexico is well part of this continent with Canada and the USA). The discussions between the two federations are well advanced while waiting for the qualification of the tricolor training.
Coach of the Blues since 2012, Didier Deschamps lost twice against the Seleçao and his first against the Auriverde, on June 9, 2013 in Porto Alegre, ended with a 3-0, the opposite result of the 1998 World Cup final won by France with “La Dèche” as captain. Hugo Lloris, already a captain of the team, had taken the water during this meeting at the Stade du Grêmio, facing a Seleçao then led by Thiago Silva, Luiz Gustavo and Neymar.
A few days after a defeat against Uruguay (1-0), Lloris resumed his number 1 post at the expense of Steve Mandanda. After a hinge Laurent Koscielny-Eliaquim Mangala against the Celeste, Adil Rami and Mamadou Sakho were associated by Deschamps, with Mathieu Debuchy and Jérémy Mathieu by their side. The FRNAçais defensive block ended up taking the water in the second half, with a rami (then Valence player) particularly in difficulty in the face of the rapid attacks of the Brazilians.
Hugo Lloris abandoned
The Oscar playmaker opened the scoring on a service of the old Lyonnais Fred (54th), Hernanes took advantage of a delivery of Neymar to double the bet (84th) and Lucas Moura, who was already playing at PSG, transformed a penalty in additional time after a fault of Mathieu Debuchy on Marcelo in the surface (90th+2). Lloris has been caught in the absence each time …
Didier Deschamps had opted for a very defensive midfield with Yohan Cabaye and Blaise Matuidi in relayers in front of Josuha Guilavogui. Karim Benzema failed to score, entangled in a small nightmare at the time, since he had not marked for more than a year. Dimitri Payet led some offensives by being a little too individualistic and the entrants Clément Grenier, Bafé Gomis, Olivier Giroud and Alexandre Lacazette did not change much.
