2023-11-18 18:33:01
Griezmann for Mbappé
Above the defense, it feels good, but Mbappé is offside.
The Blues have space to attack
Thanks to these two goals from the start, the Frnce team avoided a very closed and complicated match to manage. There are spaces to exploit.
The 2nd goal might be awarded to Thuram
In slow motion, it’s difficult to tell if it was an own goal from Mouelhi or if Marcus Thuram touched the ball with the tip of his foot. But this might well be granted to the Frenchman, case to be continued.
Thuram is looking for Mbappé!
He had been found superbly well by Coman and he might undoubtedly have tried his luck. But he was very collective and wanted to find Mbappé, the defense can intervene.
Thuram of the head!
At the near post, on a corner from Griezmann, the Inter Milan striker got the better of the defense, but it was off target.
A SECOND CSC FOR GIBRALTAR!
WHAT A START TO THE MATCH! Griezmann strikes cross from the left, the goalkeeper pushes back on his defender, who pushes the ball into his own goal. Marcus Thuram was not far from finishing it himself, but it was a CSC from Mouelhi. It’s improbable, 2-0 for the Blues following four minutes and two own goals.
THE BLUE ARE ALREADY OPENING THE SCORE!
IT’S AN OWN GOAL ON A CLAUSS CROSS! Found by Coman, the right side crosses hard at ground level. Santos deflects into his goal by tackling, while there was no Frenchman to put pressure on him. 1-0 for the Blues!
First strike from Clauss!
Volley from outside the area for the Marseillais, it is not on target.
Let’s go to the Allianz Riviera
The kick-off is given by the French team, on the pitch in Nice.
Kick-off imminent
The opportunity to recall the team compositions.
France: Maignan – Clauss, Todibo, Upamecano, T. Hernandez – Griezmann, Zaire-Emery, Rabiot – Coman, M. Thuram, Mbappe
Gibraltar: Coleing – Sergeant, R.Chipolina, Saints, Mouelhi – J.Chipolina, Of Haro, Walker, Well, Pebble – Of Barr
Gibraltar has been waiting for a victory for a year
The 198th nation in the world has lost its 8 matches in 2023 and has not won for almost a year exactly, on November 19, 2022, once morest Andorra (1-0) in a friendly match. During an official meeting, Gibraltar’s last victory dates back even further, to October 2020 exactly, once morest Lichtenstein (1-0) in the Nations League.
Clauss is making his mark, Saliba still on the bench
Already starting during the two matches in October once morest Scotland and the Netherlands, Jonathan Clauss once once more has the confidence of Deschamps on the right side of the defense. William Saliba on the other hand, sparkling with Arsenal and who started in September during the defeat in Germany, is once more on the bench, Todibo is notably preferred this evening.
The Blues want to continue their flawless performance
So far, in this qualifying group, the France team has won 6 out of 6 matches, scored 13 goals and conceded only one. The Blues are obviously at the top of the group, with 6 points ahead of the Netherlands. So Didier Deschamps’ men only need one point this evening to definitively secure first place.
Gibraltar XI
Coleing – Sergeant, R.Chipolina, Saints, Mouelhi – J.Chipolina, Of Haro, Walker, Well, Pebble – Of Barr
Zaire-Emery’s precocity record
Warren Zaïre-Emery becomes the youngest international in the history of professional French football, at 17 years, 8 months and 10 days, the youngest in all eras combined since 1914 and Maurice Gastiger (17 years and 128 days). The logical continuation of a career in full rise for those who discovered the professional group of Paris Saint Germain last season.
The composition of the Blues: first for Zaire-Emery, Thuram and Todibo holder
Maignan – Clauss, Todibo, Upamecano, T. Hernandez – Griezmann, Zaire-Emery, Rabiot – Coman, M. Thuram, Mbappe
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The locker room is ready
With the jerseys of Thuram, Todibo and Zaire-Emery clearly visible
Marcus Thuram, what if he was the center forward of the Blues at Euro 2024?
Expected to start at the forefront of the attack for the France team this Saturday once morest Gibraltar in Nice, as part of qualifying for Euro 2024, Marcus Thuram is becoming a real option for the Blues in this position . Following on from his good start to the season at Inter Milan, does the 26-year-old striker have a chance of overtaking Olivier Giroud and Randal Kolo Muani in Didier Deschamps’ hierarchy for the long term?
>>> we talk regarding the change in dimension of Marcus Thuram in our paper here
Where was Kylian Mbappé at Warren Zaire-Emery’s current age?
PSG midfielder Warren Zaire-Emery is preparing to honor his first selection for the France A team this Saturday, once morest Gibraltar, at the age of 17 years, 8 months and 10 days. An impressive hatching. But is the young Parisian titi ahead of another phenomenon of precocity, his partner at PSG and in the selection Kylian Mbappé?
>>> We make the comparison here
Why meetings with “small” nations are sometimes so difficult
The French team hosts Gibraltar this Saturday evening in Nice as part of qualifying for Euro 2024 (8:45 p.m.). Faced with the 198th nation in the world, the Blues will have to avoid falling into a trap which has sometimes closed on their predecessors.
>>> Here we come back to some real struggles of the Blues, with the testimony of Mathieu Valbuena
The best of Mbappé’s conference
We hadn’t seen the captain of the Blues at a press conference since June: he was back on Friday evening.
Hello everyone and welcome to France-Gibraltar live
The French football team faces Gibraltar this Saturday in Nice for its penultimate match as part of qualifying for Euro 2024. The Blues had validated their ticket to Germany by beating the Netherlands during the last gathering of October.
Objective for Didier Deschamps’ players: continue their flawless performance in these qualifiers. Also a way to ensure seeded status which would allow a more lenient draw on December 2.
France-Gibraltar, match broadcast on TV on TF1, to follow live on radio on RMC and in our live text on RMC Sport.
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