France is playing its last match of the Euro 2024 group stage against Poland with the objective of first place in the group.
17:54 – Entrance of the players
The 22 actors enter the lawn of Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund. Kick-off will be given after the anthems.
17:50 – The list of substitutes
Here is the list of French and Polish players who will start on the bench:
- France: Areola, Camavinga, Clauss, Coman, Fofana, Giroud, Griezmann, Kolo Muani, Konaté, F.Mendy, Pavard, Samba, Thuram, Zaire-Emery
- Poland: Bereszynski, Buksa, Bulka, Grosicki, Piatek, Piotrowski, Puchacz, Romanczuk, Salamon, Skoras, Slisz, Swiderski, Szczesny, Szymanski, Walukiewicz
17:45 – Match odds
For this last poster for the Blues in the group stage, Didier Deschamps’ players are favorites according to online sports betting sites:
- Betclic: France: 1.26 / Draw: 6.25 / Poland: 13.00
- Unibet: France: 1.26 / Draw: 6.30 / Poland: 13.00
- Bwin: France: 1.22 / Draw: 5.75 / Poland: 11.00
- NetBet: France: 1.28 / Draw: 6.00 / Poland: 10.00
17:40 – An Italian on the whistle
Marco Guida will have the difficult task of refereeing this poster between France and Poland. The Italian will be assisted by his compatriots Filippo Meli, Giorgio Peretti Massimiliano Irrati, in charge of the video. Slovenian Rade Obrenovic will be the fourth referee.
17:37 – A lawn in very poor condition
The pitch at the Dortmund stadium is in a catastrophic state with already holes everywhere even though the match has not started and the warm-up has not yet finished.
17:28 – Coman came out of the warm-up
The Bayer Munich player has already finished his warm-up on the Dortmund pitch. The attacker has had some physical problems in recent days.
17:27 – The composition of Poland
Poland’s official line-up for this last Euro match. As a reminder, the Poles are already eliminated from this European Championship. They still record the return of Lewandowski. The composition: Skorupski – Bednarek, Dawidowicz, Kiwior – Frankowski, Moder, Zielinski, Zalewski – Szymanski, Urbanski – Lewandowski.
17:20 – France will play in blue!
After two consecutive matches with the white away jersey, the France team will finally wear its all-blue home jersey for this match against Poland.
17:13 – The official composition of the Blues
Unsurprisingly, the official line-up fell with the presence of Mbappé and Barcola in attack and the absence of Antoine Griezmann. The line-up: Maignan – Koundé, Upamecano, Konaté, Hernandez – Kanté, Tchouameni, Rabiot – Dembélé, Mbappé, Barcola.
17:07 – Heat, a disadvantage for Mbappé
The intense heat hitting Dortmund is bad news for the Frenchman. Several athletes who have had the misfortune of wearing a mask have all complained of excessive sweating with the mask, like a certain Kobe Bryant, Lakers legend, who died tragically a few years ago. “I was drinking my own sweat. Like I had a sauna on my face,” he explained.
5:00 p.m. – H-1 before France – Poland!
The kick-off of this France – Poland is approaching, the players are in the stadium, the supporters too, the warm-up will begin in a few moments.
16:55 – Netherlands – Austria also to follow
The Blues’ match is important, but that of the Netherlands against Austria is also important because the result will determine the Blues’ place in Group D.
16:40 – A good stat for the Blues?
That’s 367 minutes without conceding a goal for the Blues who have kept a clean sheet in their 4 matches. The last player to score against her was Chilean Darío Osorio, during a friendly in March at the Stade Vélodrome. Ironically, Antoine Griezmann was not present.
16:15 – Michal Probierz wants to prepare for the future
Michal Probierz intends to use this confrontation against the Blues to prepare for the next deadlines. “We can perhaps play more aggressively against France and this is an opportunity to grow,” explained the coach.
15:50 – Tchouaméni not worried by the lack of realism
With only one goal, against Austria’s own camp, France has not yet scored in the game since the start of this Euro. An observation, but no worries for the Real midfielder. “In pre-season with Real Madrid, we were in the same situation: we created a lot of chances without scoring, while displaying great defensive solidity. Ultimately, we saw how it ended for our club this year, I hope that it will take the same turn with the Blues”
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