Paris (AFP)

France, despite its first place in group H and its title of world champion, should a priori be poured into the second hat for the draw of the Euro-2020, scheduled for November 30, and inherit from a possible "hen of death".

A UEFA panel is due to meet on Wednesday to finalize the hats.

But given the latest qualifying results on Tuesday night, France should not be in the top six, a prerequisite for the first hat.

Indeed, only underperformances of Germany or the Netherlands could have allowed the Bleus to benefit from a status of head of serie. But the Mannschaft fared much better than Northern Ireland (6-1) and the "Oranje" easily won against Estonia (5-0).

France, who is now 7th overall best of the 10 qualifying groups, could therefore meet in the group phase at least a cador of the competition such as Germany, Portugal or Serbia.

As early as Sunday night, Didier Deschamps did not have any illusions. "We've reached our goal but I think we'll be in hat 2, that's for sure, some big teams can get into hat 3 or 4, it's going to change the draw too. we deserve, "said the French coach.

On Tuesday night, the final direct qualification to the Euro still in play came back to Wales from Gareth Bale. The last four teams participating in the competition, which will start on June 12, will be known after dams that will take place from March 26 to 31.

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