France-Denmark match. yunhap newsFrance’s ‘art soccer’ is faltering.
France lost to Denmark 0-2 in the away match of the 2022-2023 season UEFA Nations League Group 1 Group 1 held at Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark on the 26th (Korean time). With this, France are in third place with 5 points from 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses.
They barely managed to remain in League A with a one-point gap with the bottom-placed Austria (4 points). Austria lost 1-3 to Croatia.
France started with three players born following 2001. Edardo Camavinga (Real Madrid, William Saliba (Arsenal), Benoit Badiasil (AS Monaco)) started, two three-backs and one midfielder were filled with young players born in the 21st century.
However, France might not stop Denmark’s offensive on the lead.
In the 34th minute, Kasper Dolbert finished the chance to Christian Eriksen and Mikel Damsgaard. In the 39th minute, Eriksen’s corner kick was scored by Scope Olsen.
France lost three in 2022. All of them are defeats in the Nations League. In the first leg, they lost 2-1 to Denmark, and in the fourth leg they lost to Croatia 0-1. In the final game 6, they once more fell to their knees 0-2 by Denmark. France’s three losses in a single year is the fifth and the most tie-breaking record.
France hit 16 shots. However, the Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel (Nice) might not penetrate.
Didier Deschamps, manager of France, said, “The most important thing I learned before meeting Denmark once more was that when you meet an opponent of this level, you have to play at a high level. But we didn’t play aggressively once morest Denmark,” he said. It is no coincidence that Schmeichel was chosen as the Man of the Match (MOM).”
