France 1 - Germany 0 France shows Germany inaccessible in monumental match
The patina of superiority that covers the French team in this European Championship showed its fragility in Budapest, in a Puskas Arena that was filled to the brim that saw Hungary's draw as the most prestigious of victories. The majestic roars emanating from the stands, memories of a lost time that are slowly returning, fueled the epic of the biggest surprise of our tournament so far.
France
, the all-powerful world champion, was
unable to get past the draw against weak Hungary
, and Deschamps' team almost has to thank for the result despite the superiority that is assumed and that during many stages of the match exhibited .
The tie does not put the classification of France at risk, but it
does raise doubts
that until now did not exist. His immense catalog of offensive resources, incomparable to that of any other team in the world, was almost not enough to avoid a total debacle and certainly did not help him to move forward with the match, something that was almost taken for granted. And all in a context in which it was enough for Hungary to defend itself a lot and well and to take advantage of almost the only opportunity it had, bringing out the colors of a
Pavard
who did not have his afternoon.
Nor was it
Benzema's
, imprecise the few times it appeared, still a foreign body in a game model that does not exalt its virtues.
Yes it does with those of
Mbappé
, who was once again the best of the French attackers, leading to
Griezmann's
goal
with which the world champion avoided greater evils.
It is fair to point out that France made enough merits to dispatch the match long before the break.
Hungary is a well-worked and compact team that surely could have competed for the pass in many groups of this European Championship, but qualitatively it is light years ahead of its three traveling companions, France, Germany and Portugal themselves.
His hope, timid, is to embrace stoicism and hit the few times he can.
In the entire first half, Deschamps' men did not allow him more than one license, that of the goal. But until then, France lived comfortably installed in the front of the area of the outstanding
Gulacsi
, patiently braiding plays that ended up knocking down the iron Magyar wall, which after 23 minutes received the moral blow of seeing its captain,
Adam Szalai,
having to be withdrawn due to dizziness after a blow to the head.
Mbappé was the most inspired of the Gauls, finding spaces where there was nothing, dribbling up to three players in half a square foot, but the connections failed when Benzema intervened. Paradigmatic was his deflected shot when a heel shot from the PSG player had left him alone against Gulacsi. Nothing happened, the goal would come sooner or later, the French thought. They were wrong.
Because when the first half already expired,
Fiola and Sallai
drew a swift counterattack at the first touch that culminated the first of them after exposing Pavard. The improbable had just happened and the Puskas Arena, already going crazy with each successful punt by their national team, reacted accordingly. The excitement of a packed stadium celebrating the goal remains an unbeatable experience, no matter how long it has been without it.
France was suddenly overwhelmed, nervous, anxious, frustrated.
Dembéle
entered
to try to remedy it and almost succeeded, stamping a ball on the post before having to retire injured. One more for the poor. In the end, after game time, France found the solution to its problems in the oldest play in the world.
Lloris
caught a lateral foul from Hungary and kicked out in search of Mbappé.
The PSG player fought with the Hungarian defenders, won the bid and sent the ball to the area, where Griezmann sang the tie that was already going to be final.
Because France lowered the piston hoping that Hungary would open up in search of victory, but that never happened.
Gulacsi took care of everything else so that the local team lived the great day that this Eurocup had prepared for them.
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