The France team faces Poland this Tuesday in Dortmund (6 p.m.) for its third match in Group D of Euro 2024. The press of the day generally agrees on the France/Poland team compositions, even if there are some doubts on the French side, mainly on the right.
Qualified for the round of 16 of Euro 2024 following Monday’s results, the French team faces this Tuesday at 6 p.m. Poland, which has already been eliminated, with the ambition of finishing at the top of its group D. To do this, it will be necessary to win and hope for a misstep from the Netherlands against Austria or win with a bigger gap than the Dutch.
For this third group match, Didier Deschamps made a strong choice according to the press of the day: to do without the services of Antoine Griezmann. A first in a high-stakes match in official competition since Euro 2016. The Blues coach decided to return to a more traditional 4-3-3 after aligning a 4-4-2 against the Netherlands and other big news is that Kylian Mbappé should start, with his mask.
Griezmann on the bench, Mbappé back
In goals, Mike Maignan will start but there is doubt in defense at the right back position between Jules Koundé (The Team) and Benjamin Pavard (The Parisian). The Dayot central hinge Upamecano – William A cross should she continue with Théo Hernandez to the left. In the middle, it’s an N’Golo trio KanteAurélien Tchouaméni and Adrian Rabiot which is expected.
Finally, in attack, Ousmane Dembele’s will ultimately start according to L’Equipe, but Le Parisien is banking more on Kingsley Coman (which PSG wants to repatriate this summer) or Randal Muani wheelwith Kylian Mbappé in the axis and Marcus Thuram on the left according to L’Equipe (and the opposite according to Le Parisien).
The team composition of France against Poland according to the press: Maignan – Koundé (or Pavard), Upamecano, Saliba, T. Hernandez – Kanté, Tchouaméni, Rabiot – Dembélé (or Coman or Kolo Muani), Mbappé (c), Thuram
Concerning Poland, which is already eliminated, Michal Probierz would have decided in favor of Lukasz Skorupski to replace Wocjiech Szczesny in goals according to L’Equipe, while Le Parisien rather sees former Parisian Marcin Bun. Robert Lewandowski should be a good fit for him.
Poland’s team composition against France according to the press: Skorupski (ou Bulka) – Bednarek, Dawidowicz, Kiwior – Slisz – Frankowski, Zielinski, Moder, Zalewski – Buksa, Lewandowski (c)
