Thursday evening, Bradley Barcola honored his 17th selection for the France team. Didier Deschamps had aligned him on the left side of the French attack to face Ukraine at the Parc des Princes.
Even if he did not find the net, the 23-year-old winger produced a satisfactory performance. Sunday, at 6 p.m., it could again be used by the French coach for the low-stakes match against Azerbaijan.
Indeed, unlike Kylian Mbappé, Eduarduo Camavinga or Manu Koné, the former Lyonnais is not one of the elements who were exempted from the trip to Baku. Which may seem surprising given that he appeared very tired at the club recently.
Barcola, Deschamps pulls on the rope
However, Didier Deschamps is not worried about him.
“Barco is fine. Obviously, at the start of the year, he was very good with us but he had played less with his club. There, like all the players who are in the clubs in the European Cup, he had a period where they had six matches in two weeks so the organizations are in demand”explained the Blues coach at a press conference.
“That there was fatigue… He did not return to the last PSG match in Lyon even though he was on the sidelinesrecalled the 1998 world champion. He’s doing well, he’s feeling good. He’s not going to redo the cherry but it’s an important element because of what he’s capable of doing. » Since the start of the 2025-2026 financial year, Barcola has already played 18 matches in all competitions.
