Opposed to Kazakhstan on Saturday night, the France team must not be missed to ensure its place at the World Cup.
Coincidence or coincidence, the road towards Qatar passes Saturday evening (8:45 p.m., M6) through the Parc des Princes for the French team. It is within the confines of Paris SG, held by Qatari bosses since 2011, that Didier Deschamps’ men intend to validate their ticket for the great international raid scheduled in a little over a year (21 November -18 December). If a draw may be enough – depending on the result between Bosnia and Finland scheduled for Saturday afternoon – the world champions only think about finishing the job with a victory against the 125e world nation (Tuesday’s trip to Helsinki at the end of qualifying would become anecdotal) after a rather well-controlled qualifying campaign (3 wins and 3 draws in 6 days) in the face of more than relative adversity. Not to say ultra-feeble.
But recent history bears witness to the difficulties that great footballing nations can face in extricating themselves from the pitfalls in a calendar.
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