The French team delivered a disappointing performance against Germany this Saturday evening in Lyon. Beaten (0-2), Didier Deschamps' men are not starting their preparation for Euro 2024 in the best way.
This Saturday evening, the French team welcomed Germany to Lyon, for a friendly match aimed at preparing for Euro 2024. From the start, Didier Deschamps' men were air-conditioned. Florian Wirtz opened the scoring almost immediately after the kick-off, after seven seconds of play. The German number 10, absolutely not worried by the French defense, took his chance and deceived Brice Samba with a masterful strike coming lodge under the crossbar (0-1, 1st). This is the goal most quickly conceded by the Blues in their history.
Apathetic for a good twenty minutes, the latter had the opportunity to equalize through Kylian Mbappé. But the French captain did not target his half-volley from the right (22nd) and saw his dive with the same foot pushed back by Ter Stegen. Following a shot from Ousmane Dembélé, one of the few French players at the level during this first half, the ball returned to Adrien Rabiot. The Juventus Turin midfielder then came up against Robert Andrich (35th).
Repeat
From the start of the second half, the French team suffered the same scenario as during the first act, being picked up cold. Jamal Musiala eliminated Brice Samba before finding Kai Havertz behind. The Arsenal player concluded the action from six meters (0-2, 49th).
Didier Deschamps made several changes so that his team showed a better face. Thus, Jules Koundé left in favor of Jonathan Clauss, Théo Hernandez replaced his brother Lucas, Eduardo Camavinga took the place of Warren Zaire-Emery and Olivier Giroud that of Marcus Thuram. Without much success, since the visitors were even on the verge of tripling the bet on several occasions. The match concluded under the whistles of Parc OL.
After this defeat against the country organizing the next European Nations Championship, the Blues will try to bounce back next Tuesday, against Chile. This new friendly match will take place at 9 p.m. at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille.
