France begins with a big success against Liechtenstein

A successful entry. The French U19 team faced Liechtenstein this Wednesday, November 13 in Dumbarton (Scotland), on the first day of the first qualifying round for Euro 2025. At the end of a one-sided encounter unique, the Bleuets easily won (7-0) thanks to goals from Pape Cabral (17th, 26th), Léo Milliner (44th), CSC (70th), Tidiam Gomis (76th, and 90' +1), Fodé Sylla (78th). The young tricolors take the lead in group 5 with the same number of points (3) as Wales (1-0 winner of Scotland), their next opponent, Saturday evening (8:30 p.m.). As a reminder, the first two teams from each of the thirteen qualifying round groups and the best third will join the spring Elite round. The seven group winners from the Elite round will qualify for the final tournament in Romania.

“We didn’t come to laugh”

In an interview with the French Football Federation (FFF), Jean-Luc Vannuchi congratulated his entire group. The French coach also looked ahead to the last two matches against Wales (11/16 at 8:30 p.m.) and Scotland (11/19 at 8:30 p.m.): “The important thing was to start this competition well but also to send a message to everyone by showing that we did not come to laugh. We respected this Liechtenstein team as we should, we were demanding from start to finish which allowed us to win by a large margin. , we are going to play Wales who beat Scotland, then this Scotland behind, and we must not forget that these two nations were with us at the U17 European Championship in 2023. We know the value of these two nations , it's not a simple and easy first qualifying round, the hardest part is coming, we know it, we have to perform well in three days to beat Wales. In any case, we did it. work tonight, with the manner and content The group set the bar high today, it is never easy to score seven goals against teams of a lower level. We don't know how the tournament will go, these goals scored could be important.”