The Blues on familiar ground. The draw for the group stage of Euro 2024, from June 14 to July 14 in Germany, did not provide any major surprises for the France team. The world vice-champions, seeded in the draw, will face Austria, the Netherlands and a play-off, in a fairly homogeneous Group D in which they will still be big favorites. On the roadblock side, Didier Deschamps’ men will cross paths either with Poland, Estonia, Wales or Finland.
For the rest, the Blues will therefore once again challenge the Oranje, present in their group during the qualifiers (2 victories in 2023), and Austria, in their group in the Nations League (1 victory and 1 draw in 2022). For the Blues coach, it is a “dense and difficult” group according to Didier Deschamps, and it “will not be possible to gain momentum. »
A match every 4 days
To warm up, the 2018 world champions will enter the fray on June 17 at 9 p.m., the fourth day of the competition. They will first face Austria, in Düsseldorf, before challenging the other big piece of the group, the Netherlands, on June 21 in Leipzig (9 p.m.). Finally, the French will finish this group stage against the winner of the play-offs (who will be known on March 26), on June 25 in Dortmund at 6 p.m., in the usual lair of Borussia.
For the rest of the program, it is Germany, as host country, which will open the tournament on June 14 in Munich by facing Scotland. The 2014 world champions found themselves in an affordable group with Hungary and Switzerland as other opponents.
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