The France team welcomes Luxembourg for the first of its two preparation matches for Euro 2024, this Wednesday, in Metz (9 p.m.). Théo Hernandez, N’Golo Kanté and Randal Kolo Muani are starters.
He is indeed back in the blue jersey. Two years after his last match for the selection (a 2-1 defeat against Denmark on June 3, 2022), N’Golo Kanté will start this Wednesday against Luxembourg (9 p.m.), in Metz, for the first of the two preparation matches for the Blues for Euro 2024.
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Barely a week after the start of their gathering in Clairefontaine, the vice-world champions are already on deck and Didier Deschamps will be able to measure the state of freshness of his troops at the end of a long club season. Before attacking the Euro in Germany on June 17 against Austria in Düsseldorf, this first meeting should allow the Blues to gain strength and reassure on a collective level.
Exempted from AC Milan’s tour of Australia, Mike Maignan will be lined up from the start. In the left lane, Theo Hernandez will be there, while Deschamps could have been tempted to test Jonathan Clauss in this position. No surprises for the rest of the defense with the presence of Jules Koundé, Dayot Upamecano and Ibrahima Konaté.
In the midfield, Kanté will be supported by Youssouf Fofana and Antoine Griezmann. In attack, Randal Kolo Muani and Marcus Thuram, associated with captain Kylian Mbappé, will have the opportunity to score points.
The composition of the Blues:
Maignan – Koundé, Upamecano, Konaté, Hernandez – Fofana, Kanté, Griezmann – Kolo Muani, Thuram, Mbappé
