At Clairefontaine Very slight rise in power for the Blues. For the first time since the start of the rally, the vice-world champions trained together on Tuesday evening in front of around a hundred of their supporters. With a all-smiling Kylian Mbappé, and in a very good-natured atmosphere, the Blues perfected their lineup before the meeting against the Netherlands on Friday in Amsterdam, as part of qualifying for Euro 2024. From here- there, the pace and intensity should increase on Wednesday with a session planned behind closed doors. After 25 minutes of autographs and photos with the public present in Clairefontaine this Tuesday, the French team began its training around 6:15 p.m. in ideal conditions. On the applause meter, unsurprisingly, Mbappé won all the votes, ahead of Antoine Griezmann and Olivier Giroud. A few minutes later, Mike Maignan left the field, accompanied by Franck Raviot, the selection’s goalkeeper coach, for work in the gym. The rest of the squad began the session with a classic warm-up before ball retention games.
Around his players, Didier Deschamps did not hesitate to quit after a classic bullfighting exercise. “The law is the law,” whispered the boss of the Blues towards his captain and Giroud, who were bickering nicely after a bad patch. All of which provoked smiles from the other internationals. In the process, the Blues, leaders of their qualifying group for the Euro and assured of being qualified in the event of a victory in Amsterdam (even a draw or a defeat, depending on the other results could be enough), finished the session with opposition on a small pitch and without a goalkeeper. On one side the yellow chasubles (Samba, L. Hernandez, Camavinga, Lukeba, Clauss, Kamara, Tchouaméni, Dembélé, Giroud, Mbappé, Thuram), on the other the “without chasuble” (Areola, Gusto, Pavard, T.Hernandez, Todibo, Konaté, Fofana, Rabiot, Griezmann, Coman, Kolo Muani)… who won the game. Next session Wednesday afternoon.