The French Espoirs team plays its last match of 2024 against Germany, this Tuesday in Valenciennes (6:15 p.m., La Chaîne L'Équipe). A summit between two great continental football nations, seven months before the Euro.
Four days after hanging Italy at Empoli (2-2), the Espoirs selection returned to the North of France to end their 2024 year against another monument of European football, Germany. A nation that the Bleuets could find next June at the Euro (in Slovakia from June 11 to 28), the draw for which will take place on Tuesday December 3 in Bratislava.
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This match will be the seventh between the French and German Espoirs. Tricolor record: two victories, three draws and one defeat.
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The Espoirs are playing for the fifth time in their history in Valenciennes – the third at the Stade du Hainaut. They won there once for two draws and a defeat.
« Germany is better than a testwarned coach Gérald Baticle during the press briefing the day before the match. Like Italy, it is among the best European and world nations. The German Hopes are undefeated in qualifying, they will logically be present during the final phase of the Euro next summer. We will have to do better than Friday where we started badly and finished well. I now expect my players to produce two high-level halves like the last act against the Italians “. Same story with Munich striker Mathys Tel. “ It's going to be a very good match against a great nation, we worked well this week to attack it in the best possible way. In the French team, there are no small matches or friendly matches. We have a status to assert and we must do well on each outing ».
The North, land of football
This last outing of the year will take place at the Stade du Hainaut in Valenciennes, which delights the coach and his players. “ We arrived yesterday [dimanche] in this land of football where there are a lot of lovers of our sport. The North of France performs in the championship as well as in European competitions. The players have a lot of family and friends here, I know they will want to shine in front of them “. This is particularly the case of Ismaël Doukouré who spent almost five years at VAFC, and whose versatility the coach praised. “ He has great intelligence coupled with technical, physical and tactical qualities. This is why he can play in several positions, we see it at the club and at home. He is efficient in the middle, he is also efficient in a three-way defense, I like him in both ».
We wanted to use this gathering to have the most information in our possession with a view to the Euro, the first match was rich in lessons and I know that this one will be as well.
Gerald Baticle
France
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