Four days before the Blues enter the competition, uncertainty still hangs over the composition of the France team which will face Senegal in Boston. If Jules Koundé, William Saliba and Adrien Rabiot, all spared in recent days, should be able to take their place, doubt surrounds the identity of the fourth man in attack.
Since the withdrawal of Hugo Ekitike, who held the lead in March, Désiré Doué seemed to have a head start on the competition. Spared against Ivory Coast, five days after PSG’s coronation in the Champions League, the former Rennais also started the match against Northern Ireland alongside Kylian Mbappé, Michael Olise and Ousmane Dembélé.
But to believe The Teamhis performance on the pitch at Stade Pierre-Mauroy on Monday gave rise to doubts within the French staff. And all the more so since Bradley Barcola, who entered the game during the two preparation matches, on the contrary showed drive and desire. Enough to allow him to score points.
Bradley Barcolo, a more complementary profile
Even more than his performance, it is his profile which would raise questions internally. Désiré Doué actually likes to have the ball at his feet and is close, in this sense, to Michael Olise and Ousmane Dembélé. Devourer of space, Bradley Barcola thus appears more complementary and could allow the Blues to offer more variety.
If the defensive investment of the former Rennais, on the other hand, has nothing to envy of that of his Parisian teammate, school Luis Enrique obliges, the native of Lyon has another advantage: the experience of Europ 2024, for which he was summoned without ever having played for the French team. He had also been one of the most prominent French people there.
