INFO LE FIGARO – The Blues' Nations League meeting against Israel next Thursday, in a very tense security context, does not attract crowds.
The French team has experienced more enjoyable times. Between the notable absence of Kylian Mbappé, sidelined by Didier Deschamps at this international meeting in November, the lack of leadership within the selection after the stops of Griezmann and Giroud and an opponent, Israel, 81e nation in the Fifa ranking (between Oman and Angola), which does not thrill anyone, the sporting reasons not to attend the return of the Blues next Thursday at the Stade de France are numerous.
Due to the Olympic Games, the world vice-champions have not played in their usual stadium since June 2023 against Greece (1-0). That evening included Mbappé, Griezmann, Giroud, Tchouaméni, Coman, Pavard, all absent in the upcoming international sequence. For various reasons. 58,000 people were present for this meeting at the Stade de France.
Ultra-reinforced security
Concerning next Thursday against Israel, other, much more worrying elements must be taken into account. A tense geopolitical context with the conflict in the Middle East, even more so after the violence that occurred in Amsterdam this Thursday with Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters, a reinforced police force for this meeting nine years after the attacks of November 13 in Paris …
As a result, the Dionysian enclosure, for the return of the Blues since June 2023, looks cold. According to our information, the expected attendance in Saint-Denis is, for the moment, around 15,000 to 20,000 places. There is less than a week left for the FFF services to succeed in filling the Stade de France a little more.
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