Is the championship secured? The French team announced the squad for the European Championship, and the lineup is star-studded, but there is a big hidden danger

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2024-05-17 11:41Published in Henan

With less than a month to go until the start of Euro 2024, the rosters of the participating teams are also being announced. As one of the favourites to win the championship, the French team's squad is undoubtedly quite interesting, and just this morning, head coach Didier Deschamps finally unveiled its mystery.

Although the list allows 26 people to be reported, Deschamps only selected 25 people this time, as shown in the chart:

The more surprising thing in this list is that Kante has returned to the national team after 2 years, although he has left European football, but as the former world No. 1 defender, Deschamps still has enough trust in him. At the World Cup two years ago, his absence was also considered an important factor in France's loss of the title.

Looking at this list, I believe that everyone's feeling is that the stars are shining, an aircraft carrier, and almost every name is like thunder, so it is not controversial to regard them as the biggest favorites to win the championship.

But football is never a simple addition, a star-studded squad does not equate to real strength, and although this French team is full of masters, it is not without shortcomings.

A more intuitive shortcoming is the team's midfield creativity. At present, only Griezmann has strong imagination and creativity in this lineup, which also leads to the French team's playmaking and attacking more dependence on him, this problem was exposed in the Qatar World Cup, and Argentina also seized this weakness, taking a two-goal lead at half-time, and finally beating France on penalties to win the championship.

In the 2018 World Cup, France were able to win the World Cup with a devastating momentum, largely thanks to the iron triangle of Pogba-Kante Matuidi, a midfield team that can attack and defend well, but also have imagination and creativity.

It is no exaggeration to say that the state and fitness of the grid will largely determine how far the French team can go, and how to get rid of the dependence on the grid is also a problem that Deschamps needs to focus on.

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