“It’s a competitive team”, in the eighth, the French remain wary of the Poles

The big day has arrived for France: the Blues face Poland in the round of 16 of the Football World Cup this Sunday. At 4 p.m., kick-off of the meeting, to follow on Europe Sport from 3 p.m. The French team is the big favorite against the Poles who got their qualification on the wire. However, the tricolor players remain very suspicious. The stakes are high: from today, everything changes. A victory and the adventure continues, a defeat and all you have to do is pack your bags.

To avoid a premature return to the country, captain Hugo Lloris lists the values ​​to be respected: “We will need our talent, we will need our mind, a certain requirement, a lot of concentration which will allow us to tilt details in our favour.”

“She defends very well and she likes it”

It will not be a match like any other for the French goalkeeper: the world champion will equal Lilian Thuram’s selection record this afternoon, 142 in the blue jersey. For there to be others, Didier Deschamps calls for the greatest vigilance. Certainly opposite, there is Lewandowski, an outstanding scorer, but also and above all a Polish team as valiant as it is united. “She defends very well and she likes it, even she loves it. It’s a competitive team”, assures the coach of the Blues. “It has a hard core of players who have good international experience. I know, and my players know that in self-sacrifice there is a response.”

Fortunately, everyone is on deck, and in particular the offensive armada: Mbappé of course, Griezmann, Dembele, Rabiot the metronome, without forgetting Olivier Giroud who could become the best scorer in the history of the Blues tonight.