there are still “a lot at stake” for the France-Poland match, believes Jérôme Alonzo

Thanks to Albania’s defeat on Monday evening against Spain, the France team is already qualified for the round of 16 of Euro 2024 before its match against Poland. But the last group match in Group D is not without challenges, underlines the football consultant for Radio France.

“There’s a lot at stake for this match”assures this Tuesday on franceinfo Jérôme Alonzo, football consultant for Radio France while the French team is already qualified for the round of 16 of the Euro in Germany even before facing Poland this Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. group D group match. Albania’s 1-0 defeat against Spain on Monday evening ensures the Blues finish at least among the four best thirds.

But for the former goalkeeper, the match against Poland should not be neglected: “There is still a group dynamic to be developed. We still remember that France itself has not scored for two matches, that the offensives are more than passable, even mediocre at times for the moment , and there is the return of Kylian Mbappé All this means that there is a lot at stake for this match.he believes.

This third group match can have the virtue, according to him, of mobilizing the group and possibly bringing in a few “hairdressers”, lacking playing time: “There is a social life in a group that lives together for a month. You have to manage egos, you have to gain confidence. It’s a mechanism that is hard to oil and hard to get started”he explains.

The Blues must aim for first place in Group D: “All the theoretical round of 16 that would be offered to the Blues are largely affordable. But the higher you finish in your group, the easier the eighth is supposed to be. It is not a match that is completely neutral.” But falling into the good part of the table during the eighth could make the Blues’ journey easier. In the event of first place, they would find themselves at the bottom of the final table. They would then challenge the second of Group F in the round of 16, namely Turkey, the Czech Republic or Georgia, more than affordable matches.

“If we want to be European champion, at some point we will have to beat the best, but it’s true that if we can play the best as late as possible, it’s still better.”

Jérôme Alonzo, football consultant for Radio France

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But the objective this evening is also to regain confidence in attack. We’ll have to “unblock the counter”, considers the consultant. Uninspired and clumsy in the last gesture, the Blues must find the net again. “I believe that all French people must do much better”affirms Jérôme Alonzo while the debate on the quality of the French team’s play is currently raging. “I mourned it for a long time because I learned to love this French team like that. They win like thatexplains the Radio France consultant. Which nation, even at a global level, offers us a polished game with each international release? It does not exist. It’s a pipe dream. There are some who play a little better than us, but above all there are some who earn a lot less than us. I mourned it. No nation in the world plays well in every competition.”