It is unbelievable to the fans that after the constant blood changes, France actually has such a good lineup to bring to the World Cup, almost comparable to the lineups of Argentina and Brazil, and it is no wonder that France is still one of the favorites to win this year's tournament. In addition to defending their title, France would like to take this opportunity to wash away the shame of losing the European Cup on penalties last year. And with a strong team this year, they have the potential to accomplish both goals.
With one of the most luxurious talent pools in the world for Deschamps to utilize, fans can also see Deschamps continuously leading this team to grow. Although the tactical level has slipped a bit after the Europa League, but with the constant influx of excellent talents, coupled with the stable system and terrific individual players, Deschamps is often able to open up the situation through a group of stars when they are stuck in a stalemate. The situation.
With a wealth of talent, Deschamps has been able to make a lot of choices in his formations, and although he has been playing in a 3-4-1-2 lately, we shouldn't be too surprised to see four defenders starting in a game - it's France, after all!
The goalkeepers are exactly the same as in WC18, but the seemingly perfect lineup has the problem of old age, especially the first and second goalkeepers are already old, facing the intensive league and then the WC, whether they can retain their status is surely a great concern to the fans.
It's also a bit disappointing to the fans that with an aging roster they still haven't drafted the expected youngster Lafont to take over.
Although once known as "St. Lloris" for his defensive abilities, the 35-year-old Lloris is slowly showing signs of fatigue after years of ravages, often making inexplicable mistakes in judgment that puts the team in unnecessary trouble. Of course, saving in front of the goal will still be Lloris' specialty, and it is the best weapon for Lloris to still be able to play in the luxury soccer team. Lloris, who has been the starting goalkeeper since '10, will continue to defend the French goal, and we are looking forward to his last start in goal to satisfy the French fans!
Finally making the jump to second goal has increased Areola's chances of playing a little bit. Having wasted a lot of time in the first half of his career with the wrong club, it also cost Areola the chance to compete for the first goal, and the chances of taking over in goal after this year's campaign are now looking slimmer and slimmer!
At nearly 38 years of age and one of the most puzzling substitutions for many fans, while still an indispensable veteran goalkeeper in the Marseille lineup, the question of whether or not Deschamps should be spending his energy developing the next generation of goalkeepers rather than keeping Mandanda with the team for this World Cup, with the rise of superstar Lafont, has been one of the hotly debated fan topics for this year's French roster One of the key points.
In a rare move, they brought in 8 players who can play center back, with Theo being the only one who can't, and it makes you wonder what kind of drugs Deshamps has in his gourd.
Perhaps it's because many of the center backs have just returned from injuries and have to be filed, but minus Theo and Pavard there are still 7 center backs to choose from, which is too much of a "luxury" in a system where France is going to play three center backs.
At the 2018 World Cup, Pavard was in the
semifinals
Pavard's equalizing goal against Argentina was one of the best in the history of the World Cup. Pavard is mainly a right back in a four-quarterback team, while a three-quarterback team can play as a right wingback or a right center back, Pavard can definitely give Deschamps the most flexible tactical dispatch in the French lineup, and most of the time Pavard will follow the team's attacking press, but he will definitely not be impetuous, and he will be very careful to avoid counterattacks and lose position in terms of the distance between the opponents' defenses. Out of position. Although Pavard does not have the speed of a general defender, he has the ability to understand and anticipate the game accurately, so that Pavard will not be at a disadvantage when defending against all kinds of wingers in the world, in which his one-on-one defending has an average of 3.9 times of the ability to cut off the ball is the key to Pavard's ability to stand steadily in the back line.
