Thierry Henry’s French Espoirs team is waiting to know its last opponent for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. A play-off will be organized between Guinea and the 3rd in the U23 Asian Cup, which will deliver its verdict in the coming days.
Thierry Henry in Olympic mode. After starting at the head of the France Espoirs team with the Euro qualifiers in the category, the Bleuets coach defined the preparation for the football tournament of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The 18 summoned (until three players over the age of 23) will begin the training course three weeks after the first official match, with friendlies scheduled for July 4 in Bayonne and July 11 and 17 in Toulon. The opponents have not yet been announced.
At the Olympics, France will challenge the United States on July 24 at the Stade Vélodrome but does not yet know its second opponent on July 27 at the Allianz Riviera in Nice. We will indeed have to wait until May 9 for the result of the intercontinental play-off between Guinea and the fourth of the U23 Asian Cup organized in Qatar for three weeks. Iraq and Indonesia, beaten in the semi-finals, face each other in the match for 3rd place on Thursday in Doha.
The dam at Clairefontaine!
The winner of the small final will thus qualify alongside Japan and Uzbekistan, who face each other on Friday for the title. The loser will therefore play this play-off against Guinea, which will be organized at the CNF in Clairefontaine. There is no doubt that the staff of the Espoirs tricolores will supervise this confrontation to prepare for the second match of the Games. New Zealand will be the third opponent in Group A, on July 30, again in Marseille.
The Asian U23 champion will complete Pool D with Paraguay, Mali and Israel. The unsuccessful finalist will play Spain, the Dominican Republic and Egypt. Finally, the third will challenge Ukraine, then Argentina and Morocco, in a completely crazy group if a certain Lionel Messi follows the Copa América with the French Olympics.
