Consigliere Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 France lineup (3-4-1-2): Lloris Varane Lenglet Kimpembe Pavard Pogba Kanté Rabiot Griezmann Benzema Mbappé Subs: Coman, Mandanda, Ben Yedder, Hernández, Zouma, Maignan, Lemar, Thuram, Sissoko, Dubois, Tolisso, Giroud Switzerland lineup (3-4-1-2): Sommer Elvedi Akanji Rodríguez Widmer Freuler Xhaka Zuber Shaqiri Seferovic Embolo Subs: Zakaria, Vargas, Mvogo, Mbabu, Mehmedi, Fernandes, Gavranovic, Fassnacht, Schär, Sow, Benito, Kobel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 This will probably be very hard to watch after Spain vs Croatia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Motion to ban the use of the phrase ‘pockets of space’ from all commentary from now on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Oh my. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Very impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Now, this is interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted June 28, 2021 Author Share Posted June 28, 2021 Nice goal. Some really weak defending from Lenglet though. He shouldn't even be in the squad since he's been pretty wank for a while but Deschamps likes him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Yeah, Langlet was weak. The French defence in general switched right off there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 France need to sort themselves out. They don’t look comfortable in this formation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted June 28, 2021 Author Share Posted June 28, 2021 They don't but both their LBs are injured which is why they switched to a back three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, mormonte said: France need to sort themselves out. They don’t look comfortable in this formation. Yeah, they don’t look very solid at the back. I really don’t see the point of boring Deschamps negative tactics if they’re not even going to defend well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Yeah, I know. But still, Rabiot or Kimpembe at left back should be an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Streaker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Noob question. Despite his young age, has Mbappe already lost a slight step? He doesn't appear to be blowing past defenders like at the WC where he leapt off the screen to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 1 minute ago, mormonte said: Streaker? Some sort of pitch invader at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted June 28, 2021 Author Share Posted June 28, 2021 He hasn't lost a step in the least, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Consigliere said: He hasn't lost a step in the least, no. Yeah I'd say he's changed his game so he's not blowing past defenders in open range as often and is more about shorter bursts, but he isn't slower. I gotta confess though as effective as it is I don't particularly like the way he's evolving at PSG. Not really sure why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted June 28, 2021 Author Share Posted June 28, 2021 France have been terrible and it's not just the back three. There's been no intensity at all and their decision making and execution has been very poor. They are playing with the intensity of a preseason friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 I feel they need to get Coman on - the teamwork just isn't happening so get someone with a bit of individualist brilliance and who can cause chaos in the defence. Haul Benzema off coz he's a cunt who shouldn't be there anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 12 minutes ago, polishgenius said: Yeah I'd say he's changed his game so he's not blowing past defenders in open range as often and is more about shorter bursts, but he isn't slower. That might explain it then. I just recall in the WC he was melting every defense with his speed and no one could do anything about it without sacrificing somewhere else. I haven't seen it from him so far in this tournament (French soccer is rarely on TV here so I've seen next to nothing of PSG). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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