A month after a successful start to Ukraine and Iceland, Didier Deschamps is expected this Thursday to announce his list for the next two playoff matches for the World Cup, against Azerbaijan and Iceland. A list that could reveal some surprises.
The French team will indeed have to deal with several absences, notably in the offensive sector. Ousmane Dembéle and Désiré Goué are indeed on the flank and the uncertainty also plane concerning Rayan Cherki, who should make his return this week. As for Randal Kolo Muani, he probably plays too little to hope to be called.
These absences should benefit Hugo Ekitike or Kingsley Coman, but other players hope to hear their name cited by Didier Deschamps. This is particularly the case of Florian Thauvin, author of a canon start to the season with Lens. But the former Marseillais, who was no longer called by Didier Descamps a match against Andorra, on June 11, 2019, 2,302 days, sees further and clearly has the World Cup in the United States in a corner of the head.
Florian Thauvin impresses in Lens
“This is something that deserves. Afterwards, it's not up to me to say. I do not reserve a vacation, we will see. I have a family, so when you have a family and children, you have to organize a minimum. We will see what will happen, but by then, there is still a lot of time ”he explained at the end of the match played in Rennes on Sunday, adding to a return to the Blues: “I would like to. When we work, we put a lot of things in place on a daily basis, and when we are efficient, we want to dream. ”
And Florian Thauvin has already convinced his teammates. “He must go to the French team”, AssĂ©nĂ© Mamadou SangarĂ©, adding: “You yourself see on the ground what it does, it is really technically incredible. Even defensively, he really helps the team. At 10 against 11 today, I saw him do races of 30, 40, 50 meters. »»
“He is a man of the big meetings and, when the level of play rises, when the pressure intensifies, or when the context and the scenario require at some point an attitude still above, I think that he is able to respond very positively to this kind of scenario, abounded Pierre Sage, his trainer. And I also think that he is an ambitious player. He has the will to prove to all of France that he is still there, and there. And he confirms this to us match after match. »»
