TO ANALYSE – Find the good and bad points awarded by the journalists of Le Figaro present at the Stade de France on Friday evening during the defeat of the Blues against the Danes (1-2).
FAVORITES
The Eriksen miracle before our eyes
Of course, he had already turned back the lawns with the Brentford club (14 matches played) since his heart attack. But seeing Christian Eriksen evolve at the highest level, a year after the terrible images of his discomfort in the middle of the Euro match (against Finland on June 12, 2021), is a real pleasure for any football fan. Well muzzled by Kanté and Tchouaméni, the former Tottenham player was not sparkling on the lawn of the Stade de France on Friday. But his touch on the ball remains intact and the fact of having to evolve with an automatic cardiac defibrillator has in no way altered his ability to shine at the highest level, as demonstrated by his last performances for the national team. “He’s a good guy, a great teammatesaid Thursday Hugo Lloris who rubbed shoulders with him at the Spurs. We know that when he is 100% that he is one of the best players in the world.At 30, the miracle from Copenhagen still has a bright future as a footballer ahead of him. We can only rejoice.
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Finally the party at the Stade de France
A week after the fiasco of the Champions League final and a catastrophic organization, overwhelmed stewards, disconcerted police forces or violent young suburbanites, the public at the Stade de France saw something else this Friday. Spectators who came with their families, children happy at the idea of admiring the band of Mbappé and Benzema for a good-natured atmosphere. Without any feeling of insecurity before or after the meeting. It must be said that the police reinforcements, in order to avoid a new shame in mondovision, had been increased for the occasion.
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CLAW STRIKES
Blues betrayed by their defense
Major asset on the road to the 2e star in Russia four years ago, the French defense is going off the rails at the end of the season. The two goals conceded by Hugo Lloris in front of Cornelius are the result of gross positioning errors by the French rearguard. Each time, Théo Hernandez covered the former Bordeaux striker. Hesitant, his brother Lucas is also not exempt from any reproach on the two actions. With respectively a risky control at the origin of the equalizer and a lack of sharpness in his intervention against the Danish striker, Jules Koundé and William Saliba were not up to the task either. “We must be able to raise the level in terms of intensity and aggressivenesswarned Lloris, captain abandoned Friday evening. Behind we must be more concentrated, it is played on details.“There is a little less than six months to tighten the bolts.
A ridiculous schedule, roasted players, watch out for breakage
This is of course no excuse and the Blues deserve their setback on Friday night against solid Danes. On the other hand, it will be necessary to explain how to schedule four matches in eleven days for players with damaged physique and heads emptied by extended seasons is a good idea. Some will say that this makes it possible to remove an international sequence in October… So what? For almost two weeks, most of the members of the France group, apart from Karim Benzema, have already cut with the high level competition. This was seen at the Stade de France and it is not insignificant that the best French side was “KB9”. Still on the pace after the Champions League final last week, he showed that he still had some under the hood. This is not the case for everyone at the Blues. And watch out for breakage in June, as the injuries to Mbappé and Varane already show.