Paul Rouget, Media365: published on Monday November 18, 2024 at 10:59 a.m.
First in Group 2 of the Nations League after their 3-1 victory in Italy on Sunday evening, the Blues will know their opponent in the quarter-finals on Sunday.
A brilliant revenge. More than two months after the defeat of the Blues against Italy at the Parc des Princes (1-3), the first of Didier Deschamps' career, as player and coach, against the Nazionale, the Tricolores won over the same score Sunday evening in Milan at the end of the group stage of the League of Nations, thanks to a double from Adrien Rabiot (2nd and 65th), and a free kick from Lucas Digne, also a double decisive passer, diverted into his own nets by Guglielmo Vicario (33rd), against an achievement by Andrea Cambiaso for the locals (35th).
Thanks to this 3-1 victory, the French team steals first place in group 2 from its hosts at the finish, thanks to a better overall goal difference (+6 against +5). It is therefore guaranteed to avoid the quarter-finals of the other first three groups of League A: Germany, Spain and Portugal, while the sixth and final day ends Tuesday evening. But that doesn't mean that the Blues, who will be up against a second-placed team, will be walking around next March, even if they will host in the return match.
The Netherlands possible opponents
We already know the identity of a potential opponent of the Tricolores, whom they know particularly well since it is the Dutch, whom they dominated twice in qualifying for the last Euro before meeting them again in the group stage. of the continental competition and share the points. The Netherlands, second in group 3 behind Germany, can no longer be joined by the Hungarians, currently third.
For the other possible opponents, we will have to wait for the conclusion of group 1, with Croatia and Scotland hanging behind Portugal but with an advantage for the 2018 world vice-champions, and that of group 4, where Denmark and Serbia, opposed Monday evening, are competing for the second ticket behind Spain. The draw for the quarter-finals will take place on Friday noon in Nyon (Switzerland), at UEFA headquarters, and the matches will take place on March 20 and 23, before the final phase in early June.
