Since Didier Deschamps has been coach, the France team has systematically started its major tournaments with a victory, which bodes well before facing Austria this Monday (9:00 p.m.) at Euro 2024.
Below DDTHE Blues start with their feet on the floor. “The ideal situation is that after two matches, we can qualify. In this case, there is freedom, the possibility of being able to manage in the third” and to rotate his squad, explained the coach at the very beginning of the gathering.
For his first major competition on the bench, the World Cup 2014 in Brazil, its French team had clearly beaten the Honduras 3-0, with a double of Karim Benzema and an own goal from the goalkeeper Noel Valladares on a strike of KB9 pushed back by the post – the first goal in history validated by Goal-line technology.
For the opening match of theEuro 2016 at the Stade de France, it took a shot from Dimitri Payet in the penultimate minute of regulation time to avoid Blues an initial hiccup against the Romania (2-1), after a goalOlivier Giroud and the equalization of Bogdan Stancu.
The victorious campaign of World Cup 2018 had started with a sluggish victory against theAustralia (2-1). A penalty from the bearded man Mile Jedinak had responded to that ofAntoine Griezmannafter the first intervention of the video in world Cup to check the fault. It took a stroke of luck Francethat the lobed strike of Paul Pogba hits the defender Aziz Behich then the bar before returning, ten minutes from the end of the match.
The most convincing victory of the series was that in Munich againstGermany (1-0), at theEuro 2020played in 2021. It was another own goal which allowed the Blues to start with a victory, Mats Hummels under the pressure of Kylian Mbappé hijacking a center of Lucas Hernandez.
Finally, at World Cup 2022 THE Blues started again with a success against theAustralia, clearer than four years earlier (4-1). The match started badly for the Frenchwho had conceded a goal of Craig Goodwin and above all lost Lucas Hernandez, seriously injured in the action. But Adrien Rabiot, Olivier Giroud (doubled) and Kylian Mbappé had scored to launch the title holders on the path to new success. They know the road to follow against theAustria.
