The France Espoirs team qualified for the semi-finals of the Euro, where they will face Spain, and for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, thanks to their draw 0-0 against Romania on Monday. in Cesena. With seven points, France, who had not participated in the Olympics since 1996 in boys, finished indeed better second of the three groups of the Euro organized in Italy and San Marino. The other semi-final will oppose Romania and Germany.
"Me, I take a hat trick to my players" . Although he admitted that his team still had to "do better", the coach of French Espoirs Sylvain Ripoll on Monday retained the qualification for the semifinals of the Euro and for the Olympics, "a big collective reward". We have to do better, but it is still the case. Romania had scored eight goals in two games and managed to contain it. In the second half, we had control and we did not suffer, we managed the game. We would like to create many opportunities, we would like to fly over the matches, to defeat the opponents. But it does not happen that way. I take a hat-trick to my players, who have faced a lot of adversity with the injuries we suffered and who have an exemplary state of mind. "