Maignan (5,5) : little worried by an ineffective Polish attack, the AC Milan goalkeeper still conceded his first goal at the Euro on a penalty given to Robert Lewandowski, who had missed his first attempt (79th).
Koundé (5) : quiet match for the Barça defender who provided the minimum offensively.
Upamecano (4,5) : often in the same area as his former teammate at Bayern Lewandowski, the person concerned caused an avoidable penalty on Karol Swiderski (76th). Taken over by VAR.
Cross (5,5) : the Gunner did the job in a hinge which is still getting its bearings and tried to bring its size to the offensive corners.
T.Hernandez (6) : the AC Milan full-back had the first opportunity of the match, starting the Skorupski show (10th). He had fun in his lane against a Polish defense which suffered a lot from the blue waves.
Kante (5): less fair than in his first two matches at the Euro where he won the MVP trophy, the Al-Ittihad midfielder was able to breathe from the hour of play. Replaced by Griezmann (60th), who did not have the opportunity to regain confidence after his average start to the competition.
Tchouaméni (5,5) : the Real midfielder did not have to force himself to dominate the battle against the Polish midfield.
Rabiot (5) : Like N’Golo Kanté, we saw a little less excess of function in this match from the former Juve player. No doubt blunted after truncated preparation. Replaced by Camavinga (60ème).
Deschamps :
Didier Deschamps: “We’re not frustrated. We wanted first place but we knew we had to win. From the moment we don’t win, we can’t get it. We have to accept it even if we did what we had to do by having the chances to score. Then there’s this penalty that was stopped at first… We have to appreciate what we did. We’re qualified so that’s it… We know at least when we’ll play, it will be on July 1st, but we don’t know against whom yet. The first objective has been achieved even if we don’t have the place we wanted. A new competition is about to begin.
Regrets ? We don’t live with regrets. We did what we could do. We could have done better in terms of efficiency (…) We finished the groups with a draw and an important qualification for us. »
The attack still broken down despite Mbappé
Dembélé (5.5): always so clumsy in the last gesture like his lost face-to-face against Skorupski (20th), the PSG winger at least had the merit of causing a penalty for a foul by Jakub Kiwior (55th). Replaced by Muani wheel (86th).
Mbappé (6): returning to the competition after having fought on the bench against the Netherlands, the captain and masked avenger of the Blues stumbled for a long time on Skorupski (42nd, 44th, 49th) before scoring the penalty for 1-0 (56th ). We feel that the mask did not bother him too much.
Barcola (6) : for his first in the Euro, the former OL player brought freshness and real thrusts which unsettled the Polish rearguard. His complementarity with Kylian Mbappé is obvious. To review. Replaced by Giroud (60th), who took a few hits and was not decisive.
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To sum up
Punished by its offensive inefficiency and stumbling against an inspired Lukasz Skorupski, the French team did not succeed in its mission and finished second in group D of Euro 2024. The Blues were on top in the game but that was not enough. was not enough.
