the Blues ensure to begin their preparation for Euro 2024

Didier Deschamps’ men won 3-0 against Luxembourg in Metz. Randal Kolo Muani, Jonathan Clauss and Kylian Mappé were the three scorers of the evening.

It’s time to prepare for Didier Deschamps’ men, as the Euro begins on June 14. The French team won on Wednesday June 5 (3-0), against Luxembourg, at the Saint-Symphorien stadium in Metz. More than the score itself, we will have to remember the positive things shown by certain Tricolores, who reassured about their level or their state of form, starting with N’Golo Kanté.

It had been two years since the former Chelsea player last wore the Blues jersey. And he proved that Didier Deschamps was right to start him. Always as valuable in the midfield, number 13, released a little after the hour mark, replaced by Warren Zaire-Emery, was hyperactive, distributing the right balls, directing the game or stopping the incursions of the Red Lions. Two figures to remember from his performance: 96% of successful passes and 100% of duels won.

The French team has sometimes come up against the Luxembourg low block, but if there is one who has shown his qualities on the left side, it is Kylian Mbappé. The captain of the French team, liberated and smiling, set the opposing defense on fire on several occasions: a big shot saved in the 12th minute, an assist for Randal Kolo Muani, the first scorer of the match (43rd) , or even a shot over the top after returning from the locker room, a cross-shot in the 79th and finally a goal in the 85th… The new Real Madrid player continued to be dangerous throughout the match .

The second scorer of the evening, Jonathan Clauss, scored a sublime goal after being left alone at the entrance to the opposing penalty area. Not selected for the World Cup in Qatar, the Marseillais has revenge to take. Bradley Barcola, for his first selection, and Olivier Giroud were also entitled to around ten minutes of play at the end of the match (exits of Antoine Griezmann and Marcus Thuram). The Parisian even had the luxury of a first assist in the selection for his now ex-teammate. A few minutes earlier, the Blues experienced their only alert of the evening: a Luxembourg header which crashed onto Mike Maignan’s bar.