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Easy winners of Uruguay in the quarter-finals of the World Cup (0-2), the men of Deschamps are only two matches of the supreme crown.
By Baptiste Desprez and Guillaume Loisy, Special envoys to Nizhny Novgorod
Because it seems better armed
"If you do not believe it, you can go home". Paul Pogba kept his head in the mixed zone on Friday by announcing a semi-final "very difficult" against Belgium or against Brazil. But the Mancunian also imagined very well brandishing the World Cup next Sunday in Moscow, twenty years after the band in Zidane. Who could blame him? After leaving Argentina from Messi and Uruguay from Suarez (and a Cavani package), the Blues are only 180 minutes – or more – the supreme title. Neymar & Co returned to Brazil, they now wear the costume of favorites in the eyes of many observers. Is right. Of all the teams still in the running, France is the one that impresses the most with its individual talents in all sectors and this beautiful collective strength that emerges over the matches. "It's an amazing team," admires Kevin de Bruyne, their future opponent. To France to give him still right on Tuesday.
The Griezmann machine is no longer seized
sign of a recovered form. With him, the Blues hold a weapon capable of striking at any time.
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The defense becomes formidable
The absence of Edinson Cavani inevitably weighed in the debates but it does not mean to lessen the good performance of the blue rearguard against Uruguay. Impeccable Friday, the hinge Umtiti-Varane proves match after match that it is among the best in the world. Surprise guests of the starting lineup, Benjamin Pavard and Lucas Hernandez also perform a high-flying tournament in their respective lanes. And what about Hugo Lloris? Decisive against Australia and Peru when the blue boat pitched, the French captain realized the parade of the World Cup in front of Caceres in Nizhny Novgorod. Some absences (hand of Umtiti against Australia, Pavard and Varane against Argentina) still cost goals. In defense tricolor, helped by the huge slaughter of Ngolo Kanté, to tighten a little more bolts on Tuesday against Belgian talents (Hazard, Lukaku, De Bruyne, Mertens).
The Blues have a wide range [19659004] After a painstaking first round or even a soporific game, but effective and realistic at the accounting level, Paul Pogba's partners have changed gear since the switch to the knockout matches. As if the pressure and the growing expectation excited a group whose average age does not exceed the 26 years (19459014) and the youngest of the tournament. In eight days against Argentina in 8 e final and Uruguay Friday, these Blues have unveiled a range as broad as rebaduring. And a character worthy of a world champion in power. Aggressive, consistent, solid, rigorous, precise, intelligent, this group seems armed to face all situations. The experience and the rage of the Argentineans, the cunning and a compact block of the Uruguayans, two "mountains" swept with force and panache. Maniere to prove also that this team of France knows how to be beautiful and seductive, but also clinical and cold when it is necessary.
Deschamps unfolds its plan perfectly
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<p> "The goals, I like when I reach them." In a small sentence slipped Friday night, Didier Deschamps was faithful to his reputation.A man eaten away by ambition and an unaltered thirst to respond to Expectations under pressure at the end of the first round and conscious of playing his head against Argentina and Uruguay, the coach of the Blues has a huge share in the success of his group. has chosen, with complete confidence in his youth, and since the beginning of the preparation, his plan works to perfection.For several reasons.The freshness of his troops impresses, with a rise in undeniable power over the competition. Its leaders are at the rendezvous. Her choices of players are widely validated (Hernandez, Pavard in particular) and her team reveals an impression of confidence and control that makes it look much more experienced than it is. "I did not know a better coach than Deschamps in his ability to take the pressure off his players," said Olivier Giroud before the competition. In view of what the Bleus broadcast, it is difficult to deny the opposite. </p>
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