Despite up-and-down performances since March, the French team remains one of the favorite nations for Euro 2024 which begins this Friday. Bixente Lizarazu even sees the Blues going all the way.
Worrying matches in March against Germany and Chile then saw-tooth performances against Luxembourg and Canada at the beginning of June, the French team did not reassure supporters and observers before its departure for the Germany, where Euro 2024 is being contested. The form of certain players such as Coman, Maignan, Rabiot or even Tchouaméni and Mbappé also raises questions and yet, there is no reason to panic according to Bixente Lizarazu. In the columns of L’Equipe, the TF1 consultant expressed his great confidence in the future course of the French team.
For the former Blues and Bayern Munich defender, it would not be at all surprising to see France go all the way in this Euro, despite a difficult preparation full of uncertainties. “No, the latest performances don’t worry me that much. The friendly matches in March are never very simple, especially with all the stakes in the Champions League. I don’t want to say that France is the best team in Europe, because it has to be in a tournament. But we are one of the favorites. Not if you take the month of March and the last two matches, but if you take what we have achieved over the past two years. launched the consultant of the first channel, before continuing and concluding.
Lizarazu confident for the French team
“We have very good players and what it takes to have a formidable team. England can hurt, they made us doubt in Qatar (in the quarter-finals). Portugal has high quality players and Germany will be carried at home and has found color with Nagelsmann. I place France in the four. We have the capacity to go all the way, we have to put ourselves in working order” launched Bixente Lizarazu, firmly convinced that the French Team has serious arguments to make in this Euro 2024. The group matches will quickly give us elements, with tough opponents from the first round, namely in order Austria, the Netherlands and finally Poland.
