It’s like an empty trip, a great leap without worrying about reception, eyes on the map to follow, the suitcases still packed. The France team is relaunched a second time which is also a second before the deep end of the Euro, a week later but in Munich and against Germany. The competition will really start when we get annoyed that Karim Benzema does not put them to the bottom while, for the moment, he can strike very close, it is always time for reunification between him and the Blues, so joy and excitement.
There will still be a taste of Germany this Tuesday evening through the double intermediary of the return of the public to a French stadium and the starting lineup of Didier Deschamps, supposedly the closest to that of Munich. It is the logic of a last match before the start. And if the Madrid striker has reserved himself to celebrate his 28th goal in the selection with the world, it is because he will definitely have a sense of communion and a good taste intact.
“It’s good sometimes to be in difficulty”
In short, football is back, the real one, the one with adrenaline and songs, applause and the Marseillaise in chorus. The 5,000 guests are a reminder of life, a deconfinement of gloom and a vaccine against closed doors. 5,000 is the first dose but nothing beats the following ones according to the tricolor peregrinations. “Feast of noise” as the speakers say before launching the show.
The lucky ones are right to come because all is going well in a French climate which has reduced all debates, where we can even spend press conferences asking more questions about N’Golo Kanté than Kylian Mbappé even if everything everyone knows it’s not going to last. The Blues are carrying around like the Beatles at the moment. We know that the show will be good but we want to see how it’s produced, on what grounds and according to what leadership.
In the background, Bulgaria must play the game, push these Blues to a little more effort than at Clairefontaine where, it seems, it already shakes a lot, and that the referee leaves it at eleven. “It’s good sometimes to be in trouble. This leads to review, to correct with the players, to modify certain things if necessary. Bulgaria will have a respondent. There are always things to improve in the technical relationship, in the complementarity of movements and defensive replacements, ”warns Didier Deschamps, the conductor.
