France's performance at the European Championship this time was very abstract, but the result was normal. When France's defense is doing well, the opponent really can't do anything. But this time, France's midfield has slipped significantly compared to the last World Cup, and I really don't know how to say this. It can only be said that this team is now in a transition period, and some positions still need players to step up.
It can only be said that this game is very interesting, in fact, the combination of Upamecano and Saliba is not very stable, and Upamecano's performance at that time is not easy to say. But on the other hand, Upamecano is the player who has played the most key games at the centre-back? This center-back combination, at least for now, has no problem, let's see the next game.
But this time the French team's central defender play, it is true that many teams need to work hard if they want to break through this defensive line. But Upamecano likes to go wrong at critical moments, mainly because of defensive moves, so let's take a look. The opponent really didn't have much chance, so Upamecano did well. This time France may be stable in the back line, and the rest of the positions are really a lot of problems.
The problem in midfield is obvious, but the midfield is missing an attacking and defensive core
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It can only be said that the level of the midfield has declined, that is, the technique has become rough. Rabiot is obviously not as good as before, the previous idea of Griezmann playing in the back, because now there are enough players in the back can be used, so it is not done, and as a result, the current midfield is obviously not as offensive and defensive as before.
This is also the reason why I feel that France plays awkwardly this time, there were some games before, the midfielder could give some passes directly, but now it looks like there are no such players. The French midfielders are basically rough players now, which is helpless, but in fact, there is one less of these players, let's see who can stand up.
This time there is one less striker, and Deschamps knows it, but he doesn't have anything to do
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It can only be said that the current team problem is obvious, and the forward line is not good. Mbappe and Thuram, neither of them performed very well, and there were many wasted opportunities. Griezmann is a player, which can only be said to be okay, but this player is also lower than before. It's true that the current team lacks a good center forward, and it is difficult to score goals.
That's why France had a lot of chances, but in fact this European Championship was a goal of their own. And this performance, depending on the situation, against any team, I don't know what the performance is, because this time France, the offense is really bad, and the defense is not easy to say.
But it's a little better than England, England have problems with the defenders, France have some problems with midfield. But I don't know Mbappe's performance at that time, when Mbappe arrived at the European Cup, his performance was really too average.