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NIJNI NOVGOROD: Only 20 days before France's victory over Uruguay's quarter-finals, the Blues arrived on the pitch to start their World Cup campaign against the United States. Australia in 2018.
Forgotten minutes ensued, unless you count VAR incidents, and France tied 2-1 against an outsider of rank.
France's goals came from a penalty and a goal by Aziz Behich
France was named world champion before a kick was made. was given, but she probably stayed calm that day.
A 1-0 win over Peru followed the 0-0 draw against Denmark
. They were "boring" in qualifying for the knockout stage, the critics said.
They were moving quickly from a team paid as true title winners to rans.
How did this change in less than a week. After a thrilling 4-3 win over Argentina is probably the tournament match, which brought the rest of the world to Kylian Mbappe, until their complete dismantling of Uruguay on Friday, France. is now in a semi-final against Belgium.
The question is, can France go to the end?
Didier Deschamps was questioned after the victory of Uruguay.
"All I can say at the moment is that we have the potential to be in the semi-finals," said Deschamps, timidly.
"Let's see what's going on pbad, "he continued." We grew up against Argentina, which could have been a one-off match against Argentina, but today we have shown that we have grown up. "[19659003] "We played well but it was not the perfect match. There are so many things that we can improve. "
– Lessons from History –
This is undoubtedly true, but it is also clear that France is doing what other successful teams at the World Cup made it, namely to become stronger in every game and against progressively better opponents.
When asked to take the step in clbad that every round of the World Cup requires, France was not found missing
", a curious and intangible concept, which has nonetheless been attributed to several teams whose hesitant start has given way to an exciting finale.
The history of the World Cup offers many examples from which France and its supporters can draw parallels. 19659003] Probably the best is Italy in 1982, who drew 0-0 with Poland, 1-1 with Peru and 1-1 with Cameroon's debut to move to the next round without a win and unlike of goals of Africans. [19659003] The apoplectic Italian press was so critical of Italy's performances that coach Enzo Bearzot refused to speak to the media.
Then, in a group consisting of Argentina and Brazilian champions, Italy exploded, winning both games, including the legendary 3-2 win over the Brazilians. in a hat trick of Paolo Rossi
They beat again Poland, then West Germany to raise the World Cup.
But France – and Deschamps – are probably more likely to
Inspired by Zinedine Zidane, France slipped through the group stage at the World Cup she was organizing, but she was resolute rather than impressive.
A victory of 16 more wins against Paraguay did nothing In the semifinals, France conceded first against Croatia, then Lilian Thuram scored the only two goals of his international career to send an unconvincing France in the semifinal. final.
In the next 90 minutes, Deschamps pbaded the team to the golden victory and eternal glory.
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