In Doha, Qatar, the Blues inherited on Friday, as opponents, Denmark, Tunisia and a barragist whose identity is not yet known.
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For the France team, the draw of the next World in Qatar (November 21-18) was almost as predictable as the speech by Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, calling on the leaders to “dialogue “And to launch a call for” peace and unity “in the world, Friday 1 Er April, from the Daughter Center of Doha Congress, Qatar.
For the Blues, this group b has one as an air of already-vu and 2018. The champions of the title world will find Denmark and a barragist to designate between Australia, Peru (two countries met in Russia four years earlier) or the most modest United Arab Emirates, unpublished opponent for France and whose only participation in a global goes back in 1990 (elimination in the first round).
Tunisia, completes this group. The last opposition between the two teams goes back in 2010 with a draw (1-1) in a friendly in Radges. “It will be complicated for us but everything is possible, considers the coach of the Carthage eagles, Jalel Kadri. France has enormous chances in this group but everything remains possible because Tunisia has enough maturity and experience to handle this kind of competitions. “Tunisia disputes its sixth World Cup and never crossed the first round.
On the paper, nothing insurmountable. But in 2002 and 2010, France also thought I had the happy hand before leaving the competition from the first round later. The players of Didier Deschamps begin their tournament on November 22 against the barrake, before confronting the Danes and cross the road to Tunisia on November 30. “When we see the other hens, the draw could have been more difficult, admits Captain Hugo Lloris on the RMC antenna. But in a sectional phase of the world, there is no easy match. You have to Go with a lot of humility. “
The Danish lucky charm
France nourishes a love story with Denmark. In their world titles of 1998 and 2018, the Blues had inherited Danes in the first round. A valid finding for the two wins at the euro in 1984 and 2000. But there are still exceptions to the rule. In 2002, Roger Lemere’s team had left South Korea after a defeat against the Scandinavians (2-0), an epilogue of a calamitous tournament.
“The Danes, we know them well and we will still get to know them better since we play them twice in the leagues of nations in June and September”, had fun Didier Deschamps at the microphone of Bein Sport. The coach recalled in the stride the pedigree of the team taken by the miraculum Christian Eriksen . “You have to have a lot of respect for them. They are half-finalists of the last euro and eleventh in FIFA ranking in front of a country like Germany.”
For his part, Qatar has inherited a complicated group. The host country will face Ecuador (during the opening match on November 21st) then Senegal and the Netherlands. For the rest, the draw attributed very homogeneous hens, without a real group of death. Among the favorites, Brazil will have to be wary in Pool G with Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon. Group E proposes the shock of this first with a Spain-Germany, the winner of the 2010 edition like that of 2014.
Only 29 of the 32 participating countries are for the moment known, seven months of the kickoff of a trendy tournament of multiple controversies since its allocation in 2010. The last three tickets will be awarded on the occasion of the remaining dams. to dispute, two intercontinentals and one in Europe after the postponement of the games of Ukraine in March. Eight countries are in the running to reach the places that have already been awarded in the groups.
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