The key is here: France, qualified for Euro 2020 before even play its penultimate match of the playoffs, has delighted the first place of Group H to Turkey in favor of his victory against Moldova, Thursday night (2-1). But in terms of play, the performance of the Blues leaves something to be desired, in terms of defensive concentration and offensive animation. The tricolores questioned after the meeting did not try to hide their difficulties to overcome the modest Moldovans.
The Blues already turned to Albania
"We did not have a good match, we were not in, especially in the first half," assumes Antoine Griezmann, hardly managed to make the difference against a tight block. "The coach boosted us at half-time, but it turned out that we were not doing well on the last move, we can only remember the victory, we will try to win in Albania, it will be complicated. because it's going to be the game of their season, we have to recover, to be ready to win because what interests us is the first place. " A victory in Albania would allow the Blues to stay first and avoid a complicated draw.
" They were playing five behind, very tight, we have not been at our level in the first half. ""We were expecting a complicated match", abounds Benjamin Pavard, right side rather in verve Thursday night. "They were playing five behind, very tight, we did not get to our level in the first half at all, and in the second half, we rectified the shot, put more intensity, we projected more towards forward. "
But the pragmatic mentality of Didier Deschamps has definitely infused in his players: "We wanted to win tonight, it's done," continues Benjamin Pavard. "We are first, we will quickly recover to win in Albania.The matches are linked, it's true, but we will not hide behind that.We will look at what has not been and we will remember these three points."