The poster for the round of 16 is therefore known, it will be France for our Red Devils. The French coach reacted to this clash between neighbors in a video shared on the French team’s social networks.
The coach of the France team Didier Deschamps estimated on Wednesday that his players must be “to the maximum in terms of motivation” to face Belgium in the 8th finals of Euro-2024, Monday in Düsseldorf, in a video broadcast by the French Football Federation.
“In terms of motivation, we will have to be at our maximum, of course“, said Deschamps. According to the technician, Belgium “is part of the big teams“of the tournament.”Their group was very tight too, they all finished on four points. We know each other well, of course, so it will be a big round of 16 for us, as it will be for them.“, he added.
The last two confrontations between the two nations left very bad memories for the Belgians. In 2018, France eliminated the Red Devils in the semi-final of the World Cup in Russia (1-0) after resisting perfectly in defense. In 2021, the Blues did it again in the semi-final of the Nations League, coming back from a two-goal deficit before winning 3-2. Each time, Didier Deschamps’ troops won the competition.
“We followed them in their three matches and obviously the last one against Ukraine. There are always individuals, especially in the offensive field, De Bruyne, Lukaku, Doku, Trossard. If they finish 2nd it is because they also had certain difficulties but potentially, they are one of the very good teams who have the ambition to go far“, also explained the French coach.
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