The Blues are back on the lawns on Wednesday night at the Stade de France to face Finland.

A friendly match which takes place a few days before an important meeting against Portugal and above all aims to "distribute the playing time" and to avoid additional minor injuries.

It's the return of the French football team.

The Blues face Finland this Wednesday evening at 9:10 p.m. at the Stade de France.

Another friendly match in the middle of a very busy season, while two other international meetings are also planned during this gathering, and not the least ... The French will indeed play in Portugal on Saturday and they will receive Sweden for the Tuesday. League of Nations account.

But then why such a match tonight?

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This meeting in an empty Stade de France, in the heart of autumn, which will certainly allow us to garner juicy TV rights, is it really reasonable?

Especially since the Blues had only two days to prepare for this friendly match with only one real collective training.

Most of the players are exhausted by the sequence of league and European Cup matches, six are injured: Mbappé, Kimpembe, Pavard, Tolisso, Rabiot and Hernandez.

The opportunity to run

But for Didier Deschamps, this match against Finland is not useless: "I will not complain, the friendly match is there, it is planned for everyone. I see that on a positive side, it leaves the opportunity to distribute the playing time and this is also the advantage of seeing them in action rather than in training, ”he said.

The coach therefore intends to run in order to preserve his best players for Saturday and the shock expected in Portugal.

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Tonight, goalkeeper and dean Steve Mandanda will start and the usual replacements like Zouma, Dubois or Sissoko could gain playing time. It will also be an opportunity for the newbies to take their marks.

Like Marcus Thuram, the son of the 98 world champion, who could have his first selection 26 years after his father Lilian.

As is Ruben Aguilar, who could make his debut with the Blues.