Relocated to one of the Fortuna Düsseldorf fields, at the Paul-Janes-Stadion, the last training session of the Blues took place this Sunday, under a regime of heavy showers. The tactical implementation made it possible to see a little more clearly on the intentions of Didier Deschamps on the eve of facing Austria, a team praised for its intensity, for the Blues’ entry into the running in the Euro.
This was a strong trend since Friday’s closed session in Paderborn. This was confirmed with the presence of William Saliba among the incumbents. Author of a capital letter season with the Gunners, the former Marseille player also showed his advantage last Sunday against Canada (0-0), in Bordeaux.
Its history in Blue started timidly (15 selections), but it will therefore experience a serious boost with its presence at the kick-off at the Merkur Spiel-Arena. For the record, the Bondinoy born had only been used in one match, at the 2022 World Cup, during the defeat in the group stage against Tunisia (1-0). He will be associated with Dayot Upamecano.
In midfield, Adrien Rabiot sent enough positive signals to find his place alongside N’Golo Kanté and Antoine Griezmann, the latter being aligned quite high. Even if a calf pain kept him away from collective training sessions until the arrival of the Blues in Paderborn on Wednesday, the ability of the Turinese, whose last match dates back to May 20, to compensate for a very carried forward, as well as his experience, plead in his favor.
No surprises either in attack where Kylian Mbappé, Marcus Thuram and Ousmane Dembélé will be responsible for manhandling the Austrian defense. As for Aurélien Tchouameni, who returned to collective training this Thursday, he started the opposition separately and joined the opposition with the “replacements” in place of Warren Zaire-Emery.
Probable team: Maignan – Koundé, Saliba, Upamecano, T Hernandez – Griezmann, Kanté, Rabiot – Dembalé, Mbappé, Thuram.
