Cyrille de la Morinerie, edited by Philippe Folgado // Photo credit: FRANCK FIFE / AFP
The France team faces Gibraltar on Saturday evening as part of the Euro 2024 qualifiers, kick-off at 8:45 p.m. in Nice. The Blues, already qualified, want to finish top seed to avoid big nations in the draw. A success against Gibraltar and it will be done. The opportunity to also see the nugget Warren Zaire-Emery at work.
Didier Deschamps promised, Warren Zaire-Emery will play and wear the French team’s two-star jersey for the first time against Gibraltar, at the Allianz Riviera in Nice. The high school student, who will take his baccalaureate this summer, will also become the youngest French international since Félix Vial in 1911.
“He’s fascinating.”
The midfielder, aged 17 years 8 months and 10 days, is already a starter with his Paris Saint-Germain team, having already played more than 40 matches. Moreover, Kylian Mbappé, seven years his senior and who meets him on a daily basis, is admiring: “I have no advice to give him. He is 17, my brother’s age, it’s crazy. “I’m not old, but it’s getting a little old. Seeing him come in and do his homework is nonsense. The guy plays three times a week and he’s fascinating.”
Fascinating, especially since Warren Zaire-Emery could even start this Saturday evening. The Blues midfield is depopulated: Eduardo Camavinga and Aurélien Tchouaméni are absent due to injury. It is therefore an ideal meeting to start with given the weakness of the opponent. Gibraltar, ranked 198th in the Fifa rankings, has never won an official match. Didier Deschamps’ men won without difficulty, five months ago, three goals to zero.