It is not surprising that with eleven hosts against Denmark (2-1), the French team will start this Sunday, at 16:00, their 1/8 finals against Poland at Al-Tumama Stadium (Qatar). Antoine Griezmann will retain his hybrid role in midfield to create a link with an attack made up of Olivier Giroud, the Blues’ second-best scorer in history (51), Ousmane Dembele on the right flank and the important Kylian Mbappe on the left flank. already scored 3 goals since the start of the tournament.
In midfield, Adrien Rabiot and Aurélien Chouameni have improved well. In the left corridor we will find Theo Hernandez and on the other side Jules Kunde, who was again preferred to Benjamin Pavard. Finally, on the defensive axis, Dayo Upamecano takes his place to support Raphael Varane.
This Sunday, goalkeeper and captain Hugo Lloris celebrates his 142nd selection with France. He joins Lilian Thuram as the highest scoring player in selection history. If qualified, Didier Deschamps’ men will face the winner of the match between England and Senegal in the quarter-finals, who will fight in the evening.
Blues official line-up
Lloris (captain) – Kunde, Varane, Upamecano, T. Hernandez – Griezmann, Chuameni, Rabiot – Dembele, Giroud, Mbappe
Source: Le Parisien
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