With ten points taken in four matches, game ideas, and a positive spiral… Clearly, Zinédine Zidane’s first gathering at the head of the France team has sown great promises.
“First, I saw joy and enthusiasm, it’s important to emphasize that”confirmed Bixente Lizarazu this Sunday in Téléfoot.
The TF1 consultant then opened an important file, that of the attackers. “I see two big winners, confides the 1998 world champion. Michael Olise, who was extraordinary at this gathering, and Désiré Doué, who is talked about a little less, but whose potential is enormous. He is very strong technically, very strong physically. Olise and Doué, these are the two players who amazed me at this gathering. »
If the Munich and the Parisian scored points, we must not forget that Zinédine Zidane is currently using a 4-3-3 system. With Ousmane Dembélé and Kylian Mbappé, that makes four potential starters for only three places.
Mbappé-Dembélé, what should Zidane do?
“The debate, for me, is at the level of the center forward and Dembélé’s performance, believes Lizarazu. Compared to ‘Zizou”s desire to press very high, Dembélé is the best element you can have, he is the first rope. Simply, when you are a center forward for the France team, you have to score more. It’s a problem, but we know that Dembélé is capable of doing it with Paris Saint-Germain. »
To this problem, would Mbappé then be the solution?
“A player like Mbappé, we know that he is very effective in this register, that of the goal, but we know that defensively he is not of much use. This is why Zizou decided to put Mbappé on the left and Dembélé in the axis”observes Zidane’s former friend in Bordeaux.
“I think it’s not final, it’s open, however, concludes Lizarazu. You have to trust Zizou to find the right formula. This is where we must progress, very clearly. » This will clearly be one of the major issues of the next gatherings, the management of the center forward position.
