Half aist in America. Even if the injuries of Désiré Doué, hit in the calf, and Ousmane Dembélé, stopped by a pain in the right thigh, tarnished somewhat the Blues evening, it is with the feeling of the accomplished duty that they left the Wroclaw enclosure, this Friday evening, after their victory against Ukraine (2-0), the main competitor for the qualification in the 2026 World (June 11 – July 19). While it will be played in six games condensed in just two months, Didier Deschamps’ men took a serious ascendancy before receiving Iceland which atomized Azerbaijan (5-0). A second victory, this Tuesday at the Parc des Princes, would put them in orbit to win the precious sesame.
Before projecting themselves on the next meeting, the Blues savor their evening performance, which combined the result and panache. The players especially welcomed the momentum deployed in Poland to win this precious victory. “With the offensive quality that there is, we could have scored more but it is never easy in the face of this Ukrainian team which has quality. We had a lot to lose. It is very good to start this qualifying campaign with this victory, ”reacted Didier Deschamps on TF1, after the meeting.
Same story for Captain Kylian Mbappé who released his family by scoring the Break goal at the end of the match after a face to face that will hurt the morale of the new Parisian defender, Illya Zabarnyi. “He (Deschamps) wanted us to start this qualifying phase. We faced a complicated team that gives everything. We saw that they did not let go. In the second half, there was a moment of floating for 10-15 minutes. We still mastered the meeting, we managed to leave with the three points, which was the goal, “said the Real striker on TF1.
The trap avoided brilliantly
While he was promised hell to the loser, the tricolor team avoided the trap by gleaning this first success in strong despite a period of floating in the second period which could have allowed the Ukrainians to equalize.
Michael Olise radiated, we found the best of Aurélien Tchouameni and the Konaté-Upamecano hinge delivered his best version. Enough to approach the rest with the full of serenity. “We are happy to start like that,” abounds Olise, “which opened the scoring. We have six games, so all the matches are important. We are happy to win. »»
The Bavarian playmaker is the great satisfaction of the evening, the tube of the moment, an exceptional player capable of embodying both the present and the future of the French team alongside other stars. We will now have to think about the continuation without Ousmane Dembélé who left the stadium with his face closed and for whom the gathering is already over. A blow at the same time for the Blues but also for PSG which crosses the fingers very strong in the hope that it is not far from the grounds …
