The draw for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers was made this Friday. Didier Deschamps' opinion is very telling.
Competitions are multiplying and even for enthusiasts, it becomes difficult to follow everything well. The Nations League, the Club World Cup and the Intercontinental Cup, and now the World Cup qualifying draw. It was carried out this Friday and could not make it possible to know the groups since it will depend on the results of the quarter-finals of the Nations League. You wonder if it was worth doing it, because France doesn't even know which group it finds itself in, and if it will be a pool of 4 or 5 teams. No complicated draw in sight, but impossible for Didier Deschamps and his staff to plan for this always decisive phase of the Blues program, even if it has been a long time since there has been a scare at this level.
Complicated to understand for Didier Deschamps
« We have seven potential opponents with different profiles. We know a little more, but we don't know everything yet. It's complicated for many people to understand the draw. There is less visibility compared to what was there before, but the key word is to adapt. This will have an impact, but what is more problematic is the supervision of these teams since it will take a lot of people to see our potential opponents. But it is the particularity of this draw which is not completely decisive”explained the national coach. A nice exercise in language given the weak indications of the draw, but all the same a small challenge to the authorities which hold up draws without being able to reveal the pools, which is still quite special.
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