The French team debuts on June 16th, facing Senegal
World runner-up in 2022, the France discovered this Friday (5) what his path will be in the 2026 World Cup, after the draw held in Washington, in the USA. And Didier Deschamps, coach of the Bleus, did not hide his frankness when commenting on the rivals he will face in Group I.
As soon as the draw ended, the coach assessed the presence of Senegal e Norway in the group – in addition to the dispute for the last place between Bolivia, Suriname and Iraq – and recognized that the two-time world champions will face the most complicated route in this initial stage.
Even so, Deschamps chose to avoid the “group of death” label, an expression that usually marks the most complex brackets of major tournaments.
“I really don’t like it (saying that France is in a group of death). Football is not death. It’s a difficult group. Maybe certainly the most difficult group due to the presence of this very good Senegal team. And Norway, as you just said, had a very good qualifying phase, scoring a lot of goals,” said Deschamps.
“So, yes, we know what to expect, even if we only know the last opponent in March. But it is necessarily a dense and difficult group. You have to be efficient from the beginning. Before you think about the rest of the competition.”
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The French team debuts on June 16th, facing Senegal. In Group I, matches will be distributed across four cities in the United States and Canada: New Jersey, Boston, Philadelphia and Toronto.
