DECRYPTION – Despite a unique context for this France-Israel in Saint-Denis, the Blues have no other choice than to win and offer a little smile to the small audience present Thursday evening.
Nostalgic for the Stade de France, with a last match played in June 2023 against Greece (1-0) due to the work for the Olympic Games and the progress of the competition, Didier Deschamps necessarily expected a warmer reunion with the Parisian public. It's already failed, in broad terms. « The context is heavy and heavy », he says without adding more.
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