Juba Touabi, Media365, published on Monday July 1, 2024 at 9:45 p.m.
France’s key midfielder Adrien Rabiot will be suspended for the Euro 2024 quarter-final.
Cautioned in the 25th minute of play against Belgium in the round of 16, the former Juventus Turin player will not be able to participate in the next match of the Blues, scheduled for Friday in Hamburg. The referee Glenn Nyberg showed a yellow card to the French midfielder for a foul deemed minor on Jérémy Doku. This card means that Rabiot will be suspended for the next match. The French midfielder is not the only one to have been cautioned on the Blues side. Aurélien Tchouaméni (15th) and Antoine Griezmann (23rd) also received yellow cards.
Deschamps has several options to replace Rabiot
Despite a solid defensive performance against the Red Devils, the French team showed some offensive weaknesses during this match. Les Bleus managed to win 1-0, thanks to a goal from Randal Kolo Muani, and qualified for the quarter-finals. However, the absence of Adrien Rabiot for the next match is a big blow to the team’s ambitions. Didier Deschamps will have to find solutions to compensate for this absence in midfield.
The French coach will have to find a new configuration for his midfield. The latter has been a crucial element in the French midfield. Players like Eduardo Camavinga, Jordan Veretout or Matteo Guendouzi could be considered to fill this void in the quarter-finals of Euro 2024. The match will take place on Friday at 9 p.m. in Hamburg against the winner of the Portugal-Slovenia match, and all attention will be focused on the strategy that Didier Deschamps.
