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Cyrille de la Morinerie / Photo credits: FRANCK FIFE / AFP
The France team will face its third Nations League match this Thursday against Israel. The Blues will play without Antoine Griezmann or Kylian Mbappé and with a new captain, Aurélien Tchouaméni.
The French football team will face the Israel team this Thursday in Budapest, Hungary for the third day of the Nations League. Neither Kylian Mbappé nor Antoine Griezmann will be present. The French team will therefore play without the two world champions, but with new recruits and an interim captain.
A new era
Aurélien Tchouaméni presented himself at a press conference in Budapest on Wednesday. Kylian Mbappé’s teammate at Real Madrid becomes the 132nd captain in the history of the Blues and assumes his new role with pride. “We had a discussion with the coach and then he informed me of this decision and I am very happy about it,” explains Aurélien Tchouaméni.
A new interim captain who marks the start of a new era in the French team. The heroes of 2018, Lloris, Varane, Griezmann, Giroud have turned the page. But we will have to be lenient with the young French people led in particular by Jules Koundé in defense and Kolo Muani in attack, explains Alain Giresse, Europe 1 football consultant.
“Is there a country in the world that can remain at the highest level of World Cups and Euros for eternity? It doesn’t exist. Are there any possibilities of returning to the very high level or will we still have to wait? The future will tell us,” analyzes Alain Giresse for Europe 1.
The Blues who will do everything not to suffer the same affront as Gérard Houllier’s men, beaten to everyone’s surprise 31 years ago at the Parc des Princes by the blue and white selection.
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