What do we follow? The French team’s second match in its qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, on the ground of Kazakhstan, 122nd nation in the FIFA rankings, and a priori the weakest opponent in this group D.
At what time ? Kick-off at 3 p.m.
Or ? On the synthetic turf of the Astana Arena, in Nursoultan, the new name (since 2019) of the capital of Kazakhstan.
On which channel ? On French Television 1, TF1.
Who hosts this live? Florian Soenen and Adrien Pécout, from the Chaudron d’Austerlitz.
Probable composition of the teams:
Kazakhstan: Mokin (or Pokatilov) – Maly, Alip (or Erlanov), Marochkin – Vorogovsky, Abiken, Vasilyev, Dosmagambetov – Tagybergen, Aymbetov, Fedin
Coach: Talgat Baysufinov
France: Lloris – Dubois, Zouma, Lenglet, Digne – Pogba, Ndombélé – Dembélé, Griezmann, Lemar (or Mbappé) – Martial
Coach: Didier Deschamps
Who arbitrates? Belarusian Aleksei Kulbakov.
What we will not talk about: of the Belgian Cat who takes the air on the Champs-Elysées, because he is not a world champion.
A little reading, in the meantime:
2022 World Cup: the Blues start their qualifiers with the handbrake against Ukraine
The France team tackles the qualifying trap before thinking about the Euro
For Didier Deschamps, the time for testing is over before the Euro