Despite the opening of Karim Benzema’s score, France lost to Denmark (2-1), Friday June 3 at the Stade de France, for its entry into the League of Nations. The Danish Andreas Cornelius marked a double.
by (with AFP)
The supporters of the League of Nations do not do this third edition of the best way. The Blues, deprived of Didier Deschamps, bereaved by the death of his father, bowed to the Stade de France against Denmark (2-1). The series of twenty games without defeat (in regulation time) started on November 14, 2020 ended in the last minutes of the match.
After a first soporific period, like the confrontation between the two teams during the 2018 World Cup (0-0), France had however opened the scoring at the start of the second period. Karim Benzema once again showed why he was the ultimate favorite at the next Ballon d’Or. Served on the right side by Kingsley Coman, he erased with ease and elegance two Danish defenders to adjust Kasper Schmeichel after a relay by Christopher Nkunku (1-0, 51
Doubled by Cornelius
But after the hour of play, Denmark overturned the meeting, taking advantage of the defensive generosity of the Blues, which offered too many spaces in counter-attack. An entrant, above all, made the difference. Nine minutes after entering the game, the former Bordeaux Andreas Cornelius took over the right foot of the right foot a subtle service by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg to equalize (1-1, 68
It was still Cornelius who came to shower the French team just before the end of regulation time. Starting on the edge of the offside, the attacker resisted the return of William Saliba and surprised Hugo Lloris with a heavy strike under the bar (2-1, 88 e ). France was struck. She could regret the post found a few minutes earlier by N’Golo Kanté (81 e ). But the warnings had previously been numerous for the Blues, Lloris saving the barrack twice ahead of Skov Olsen and Eriksen (72
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Beyond defeat, ultimately without great importance in this competition, Didier Deschamps will be concerned about the state of health of his flock. Kylian Mbappé was replaced at halftime “as a precaution” kylian, Kylian Mbappé said Guy Stéphan at the microphone of M6. At the time of play, it was Raphaël Varane’s turn to leave his partners, visibly injured in the thigh. His exit, while the Blues were still 1-0, is certainly not unrelated to the defensive errors of his team.
“Kylian has a knee problem whose exact nature I do not know, he is with the doctor, he will take exams,” said assistant coach Guy Stéphan. “He told me that he couldn’t continue. You shouldn’t take any risks.” As for Raphaël Varane, he has “a muscular problem behind the thigh, he felt pain. Like Kylian there will be additional examinations” on Saturday, Stéphan said after the meeting. “It seems just to me [for them] to play in three days,” he added.
The French team, title holder in the League of Nations, must go to Split on Monday to face Croatia, before extending its trip to Vienna to challenge Austria on June 10. The last internship of the international season will end on June 13 in Saint-Denis against Croatia.