The break will be long. Between the match on Sunday night, which saw the French team win in Albania -2-0) and ensure the first place of his group of qualifications to the Euro, and the month of March, during which is will play two friendlies against opponents to be determined, there will be four months without meeting the Blues. A tired of time during which Didier Deschamps, the coach, will obviously not lose sight of his flock.
The coach of the Blues will watch a maximum of matches, comparing his observations with his staff. In the line of sight, the list of 23 players selected obviously. That of March will necessarily be close to the final list. And the coach already has an idea. He has a hard core made up of world champions and a few regulars. But everything remains open because, as Didier Deschamps knows, in football, there are many hazards.
"Hard choices to make"
"Today, there are players who are injured, there may be others in the month of March, I hope that I will have none in May when I have to make the list of 23 ", says the coach. "Those who are there, you know them, others are not here, they are supposed to come back, it's been a while since I've had hard choices to make."
But well before the announcement of this famous list, there will of course be the draw of the Euro on November 30 next. Didier Deschamps will be in Romania, in Bucharest. The Blues will then know all or part of their opponents in the first round for this euro itinerant, which will compete in twelve countries and as many cities from June 12.