FRancia reached the Eurocup as world champion and runner-up in Europe, but her participation in the championship has been questionable to say the least. A victory against Germany, three draws against Hungary, Portugal and Switzerland and the elimination against the Helvists in the penalty shoot-out. The suspense with which the Gallic performance should be rated focuses on the captain of the ship, Didier Deschamps, who is still under contract until the conclusion of the Qatar World Cup in 2022, can see his future more than questioned. Zinedine Zidane, who was targeting a sabbatical after his departure from Real Madrid, takes a position on the starting grid.
Kylian Mbappe missed the last launch of the penalty shootout that certified the elimination of France against Switzerland in this European Championship. The PSG player is still singled out for his poor performance in this championship. From intermittent performances (in the second round he started very strong but deflated like a balloon) and leadership faded, the allfielder 22-year-old lead the list of disappointments left by the tournament. He leaves and leaves us wanting more.
Karim Benzema is back to stay. And it shows it match by match. The Real Madrid striker turned the game around when he painted the ugliest for France. Two goals in two minutes and He already has four goals in this Eurocup to become the second top scorer of the competition. The first, by the way, beautifully made. The way I control the assistance between the lines of Mbappe is to see it in slow motion and again.
Clment Lenglet debut in this Eurocup to lead the French defense in the first battle of the lose and pay which are the qualifying rounds of a great championship. The Barcelona player, so controversial throughout the season, did not take long to show why these criticisms. He lost the mark of Haris Seferovic in the goal scored by Switzerland in the quarter hour of play. Then he asked for a foul – the resource that he knows has screwed up – but the truth is that it was excessively soft. The Lenglet experiment took Deschamps 45 minutes … but the French defense did not cease to be a band throughout the match.
The Swiss Haris Seferovic enters the history of the European Championship by scoring the 800th goal in the history of the competition. Since the Yugoslav Milan galic scored the first goal in 1960, other players have left their mark on the continental event: the French Alain Giresse scored 100 in 1984; the dans Kim vilfort the 200 in 1992; slovenian Zlatko Zahovic the 300 in 2000; the french Thierry henry the 400 in 2004; the spanish Xavi Hernndez the 500 in 2008; the portuguese Nani the 600 in 2016; and the austrian Michael Gregoritsch the 700 in 2021.
And speaking of goals, we have not finished the round of 16 yet and we have already surpassed the goals of the last European Championship.. In 2016 we could barely celebrate 108 goals throughout the championship and here we have already 118 goals. And this Monday will be one of the most exciting days in the football universe for a long time, without a doubt …
Switzerland squandered the chance to kill the party when it ran into the present by Juan Martnez Munuera, VAR assistant, who pointed out a penalty by Benjamin Pavard on Steven Zuber. Ricardo Rodriguez, with more fear than shame,. Or Hugo Llors cut it short, I’m not going to detract from the goalkeeper. It is true that with fait accompli everything is easier, but, Weren’t there other players with more stripes on the team to take responsibility?
Steven Zuber is a differential player, one of the highlights of the Swiss national team. With the ’14’ on his back and located on the left-handed end, it was a real nightmare for the French defense. The weakest of the French team, without a doubt. The Eintracht Frankfurt player assisted in the first goal of the match and added four assists in the Eurocup, the record in a continental championship. since there are records. Then he forced the penalty. He only needed to sentence.
Even with an intermittent match (and championship), Paul Pogba is one of those footballers who leaves his mark. In this case the signature is I stamped with a goal -sorry that goal- that momentarily gave peace of mind to a France that suffered tachycardia in the first hour of the game. and it was on the verge of a heart attack at the time it was added. The allfielder He caught a rebound out of the area, looked at the goalkeeper and was able to give a perfect thread and put the ball where only the cobwebs reach.
Granit Xhaka will not be able to play against Spain in the quarterfinals when he sees a yellow card against France in the 76th minute of the game. The talented Arsenal midfielder, whom they gave him the MVP of the match, being a notable casualty for the Helvatic team for what it contributes when reading the game, destroying the rival game and creating the attacks of his team. A multipurpose that I hope your team will miss next Friday.