The French team, reigning world champions, largely beat Australia 4-1 when they entered the competition on Tuesday in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar (group D), thanks to a double from Olivier Giroud, who equaled Thierry Henry's goal record for Les Bleus (51).
The Blues will face Denmark this Saturday at 5 p.m.
Here is the week of the world champions in pictures, before the second pool match.
Directed by:
Olivier JUSZCZAK
Nearly 3,300 French supporters were present in the Al Janoub stadium in Al-Wakrah to watch the match of the Blues against Australia.
And the photographers were there too!
The start of the match was very complicated for the Blues with the desolation and suffering of Lucas Hernandez, struck down by a serious injury to the cruciate ligaments of the right knee on the action of the opening of the Australian score thanks to Craig Goodwin (9th) .
The defender of the France team was successfully operated on in Innsbruck (Austria) announced his club Bayern Munich, on the night of Thursday to Friday.
He had to give way to his brother, Theo, passer on the equalizer of the head of Adrien Rabiot (27th).
Taking advantage of a center back from Adrien Rabiot, Giroud scored from the right (32nd) to give the advantage to the Blues.
Kylian Mbappé, headed scorer (68th) and decisive passer a little later gave a smile to the French supporters.
After a superb attempt on an acrobatic recovery, Olivier Giroud scored with a header (71st), his favorite weapon, to allow the Blues to take off at 4-1.
He equaled the record of Thierry Henry, top scorer in the history of the Blues, on the most beautiful stage, by scoring his 50th and 51st goals against Australia on Tuesday.
The French team, the reigning world champion, largely beat Australia 4-1 when they entered the 2022 World Cup in Qatar on Tuesday.
Thursday, November 24, to the question “are you tired of people constantly talking to you about your father Lilian, the most capped player in the history of the France team?
Marcus Thuram answered with a smile: “You want the truth, really?
(He pauses).
No, not at all (laughs)!
He's my dad, I adore him, I've known him for a very long time (laughs), it's no problem for me to talk about him, it's a point of pride”.
The twenty-four players of the France team took part in light training on Thursday, two days before facing Denmark at the World Cup, except winger Kingsley Coman who shortened his session, "sparing", according to the framework which wanted to be reassuring.
Only the substitutes for the first match carried out more advanced exercises on Thursday under the direction of Deschamps and his assistant Guy Stéphan.
Raphaël Varane, back from injury, was present alongside the "hairdressers", the usual replacements, without apparent discomfort in his right thigh.
He spoke at length with Deschamps after training.
“If we start looking too far into the competition, we risk having accidents”, warned Friday the captain of the Blues Hugo Lloris, questioned on the possible qualification in the round of 16 of the World Cup on Saturday against Denmark.
This Friday, the French team was complete at the start of its training session the day before the match against Denmark, with in particular Kingsley Coman (hip) and Raphaël Varane (thigh) present among the group of 24 Blues in Doha.
About the French defender, coach Didier Deschamps said at a press conference: “He could have played the first match, he was fit.
There was the opposition of twice thirty minutes the next day (against Al-Markhiya in a friendly, 4-0 victory), which he was able to digest well.
He has the experience, the most important thing is that he feels ready in his head and in his body, I know he is”.
The Blues will face Denmark this Saturday at 5 p.m.
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