Muscle fatigue for Adrien Rabiot. Yesterday the Juventus midfielder, engaged in the pre-European training camp with France, did not participate in training under Didier Deschamps. The former Paris Saint-Germain man was not present along with the rest of the group and at this point he should be spared in the next friendly against Canada.
Reporting it is The Team, according to which the French midfielder’s condition will be monitored day by day, but at the moment his presence in the first official match of Euro 2024 should not be in doubt. Just a small problem – we read – due to tiredness and not a real injury. Juventus fans, but especially French ones, can sleep soundly.
EVERYTHING ABOUT FRANCE
The path towards Euro 2024
First place in group B
Twenty-two points won in eight games: seven wins and one draw.
Goal difference: +26. 29 goals scored, three conceded
The games
France-Netherlands 4-0
(2′ Griezmann, 8′ Upamecano, 21′ Mbappé, 88′ Mbappé)
Ireland-France 0-1
(50′ Pavard)
Gibraltar-France 0-3
(3′ Giroud, 45’+3 Mbappe, 78′ author Mouelhi)
France-Greece 1-0
(55′ Mbappe)
France-Ireland 2-0
(19′ Tchouameni, 48′ Thuram)
Netherlands-France 1-2
(7′ Mbappé, 53′ Mbappé, 83′ Hartman)
France-Gibraltar 14-0
(3′ author Santos, 4′ M.Thuram, 16′ Zaïre-Emery, 30′ rig, 74′ and 82′ Mbappé, 34′ Clauss, 36′ and 65′ Coman, 37′ Y.Fofana 63′ Rabiot, 73′ Dembélé, 89′ and 90+1 Giroud)
Greece-France 2-2
(42′ Kolo Muani, 56′ Bakasetas, 61′ Ioannidis, 74′ Fofana)
The calendar
Monday 17 June Austria-France at 9.00 pm
Friday 21 June Holland-France at 9.00 pm
Tuesday 25 June France-Poland at 6pm
The star
In the strongest national team in the competition, the star can only be him: Kylian Mbappé. Having played for Paris Saint-Germain for the last seven seasons, he will lead France after announcing his historic transfer to Real Madrid. In Qatar in 2022 he only gave up in the final at the end of a stratospheric match against Argentina, now he wants more: the task of leading France to success is his.
Worth keeping an eye on
Born in 2006, already a protagonist in Luis Enrique’s Paris Saint-Germain: Warren Zaïre-Emery joined the French senior national team last November and will play his first major international competition with his national team in Germany. Physique, running, dynamism, foot, personality: prototype of the perfect modern midfielder, he has everything to become among the best in his role.
The technical commissioner
Born in ’68, Didier Deschamps is now a true institution of French football. He has been at the helm of the French national team since 2012. Three World Cups and two European Championships as coach: he won the World Cup in 2016, lost two finals (in 2022 against Argentina, in 2016 against Portugal). In the last European Championship he made a surprise exit in the round of 16 against Switzerland: now he is called to triumph.
The list
Goalkeepers: Areola, Maignan, Samba.
Defenders: Koundé, Clauss, Pavard, Konaté, Upamecano, Saliba, Theo Hernandez, Mendy.
Midfielders: Camavinga, Fofana, Kanté, Rabiot, Zaire-Emery, Tchouameni.
Forwards: Dembele, Giroud, Griezmann, Kolo Muani, Mbappé, Thuram, Coman, Barcola.
The probable 11
(4-3-3) – Maignan; Koundé, Pavard, Upamecano, Theo Hernandez, Fofana, Tchouameni, Camavinga; Dembélé, Thuram, Mbappé.
