The France Espoirs team took the lead in Group H of qualifying for Euro 2023, after their easy victory (7-0) obtained at the expense of Armenia, Thursday, November 11, at the Stade des Alpes in Grenoble. Les Bleuets, who have a third consecutive success after those obtained against Ukraine (5-0) and Serbia (3-0) in October. They are three points ahead of the Ukrainians, hung by North Macedonia (1-1), Thursday. Macedonians are besides the next adversaries of the men of Sylvain Ripoll, on November 16 in Skopje.
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5-0 pic.twitter.com/cYqdXIHTaP– France team (@equipedefrance) November 11, 2021
Faced with a weak Armenian team, the red lantern of Group H, the Tricolores, deprived of several major players such as the Niçois Amine Gouiri and Melvin Bard and the player of Lokomotiv Moscow, Alexis Beka Beka, quickly imposed a severe domination on their opponents, curled up in defense.
Serious, diligent, they were quickly rewarded with a first goal signed Maxence Caqueret with a shot in the top corner (11th). Subsequently, Sofiane Diop quickly increased the score to 2-0 by resuming victoriously a shot from Arnaud Kalimuendo repelled by goalkeeper Aman Nersesyan (28th) before Rayan Cherki gave the French team a three-goal lead. on a direct free kick (34th). It is also on a direct free kick, also granted full axis, that Diop worsened the mark shortly after the return of half-time (4-0.50th).
Well organized around a very active midfielder formed by Eduardo Camavinga, Rayan Cherki and Sofiane Diop, the Bleuets confirmed their domination in the second period multiplying the dangerous situations on which Nesersyan multiplied the parries.
But it is logical that Kalimuendo scored the fifth goal at the conclusion of a good collective movement which put the Armenian defense out of reach (59th). The Lensois even achieved a double with a little success by taking a counter shot from Enzo Le Fée (6-0, 69th) before he leaves his place to Toulouse Nathan Ngoumou (75th).
At the hour of play, Sylvain Ripoll had already started to logically give time to play with the entries of Kephren Thuram, Le Fée, who carried the score to 7-0 (81st), and Mohamed-Ali Cho in the places of Cherki, Caqueret and Amine Adli who will have been the only offensive player of the starting lineup not to have scored. William Saliba also left his place at the start of the last quarter of an hour to Rennais Loïc Badé in central defense.