the new secret weapon of the Blues in case of complications against Belgium

This is the big day. The Blues will challenge Belgium this evening at 6 p.m. in this duel between brother enemies of European football. A ticket for the quarters is at stake, and the two nations logically want to seize it. Both had a fairly mediocre group stage, and have similar characteristics: a defense that holds up well, a rather solid midfield, but an ineffective attack. Blues and Red Devils only scored two goals in their first matches.

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Teams which therefore disappoint, even though they had good odds before the start of the competition. The serious things will therefore begin for the troops of Deschamps and Tedesco, and given the context, a draw at the end of 90 minutes, then at the end of extra time, may seem an entirely probable and realistic scenario. . Which would give rise to a penalty shootout…

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The Blues finally worked on penalties

An exercise in which the Blues are struggling, like the last two competitions in which the French took the door in a penalty shootout. As indicated The team, the French staff does not want to be caught off guard and does not want to leave anything to chance this time. If the penalties have not necessarily been worked on in the past, and the communication from Deschamps presenting this event as a lottery had made people cringe, the French players worked on the TàB a little this time to prepare for any eventuality.

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For about ten minutes on Saturday, the French players had a specific exercise in which they worked on their shots from the penalty spot. The goalkeepers were informed about the habits of Belgian shooters. This may be obvious to some, but it was not done in the past. A rather light job however, especially because the Blues staff does not have a specialist in the matter as indicated by the media, but which was necessary and which could well prove useful this evening…