“We have potential, players, a generation that is capable of winning this Euro,” said Alain Giresse, winner of the Euro football tournament in 1984.

“We have potential, players, a generation that is capable of winning this Euro”, estimates Alain Giresse, former football player, Friday June 14 on France Bleu Occitanie. Euro 2024 football begins Friday evening in Germany. For Alain Giresse, 47 caps for the French team and winner of Euro 1984 with his teammates Michel Platini, Luis Fernandez and Jean Tigana, the Blues have every chance this year: “We have potential, players, a generation that is capable of winning this Euro. We can put them among the possible favorites. We are finalists in the World Cup, so that’s not nothing.” he continues.

The last European title for France dates back 24 years, in 2000. “We have a status, world champions in 2018, but there are conditions, it is to rediscover what makes the strength of the French team, that is to say this rigor, this organization.”

According to the former footballer, it is also necessary to find “the determining element which has allowed the French team to obtain titles in recent years is Kylian Mbappé. We must find him at his level whereas in recent months, he was not in this disposition “regrets Alain Giresse. “We weren’t around him enough, does he think. We know that it can upset a football player, an athlete, a little. But if we find him and if the team behind him is ready and allows him to express himself, we can go to the end.”