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France played two matches, winning the first 2-0 against Austria, and then losing the second 0-2 to Denmark in a blowout.
(Started this game)
From the starting lineup it can be seen that in addition to the attacking line of three Mbappe, Griezmann, Giroud, France's midfield is a great rotation, Deschamps is obviously in the test of the new formation and players to adapt to the two matches basically lined up five defenders, did not move only the left back Mendy and the center back Badiashile, but from the defeat of Denmark to see the fullback formation But from the defeat against Denmark, the backline is still unfamiliar.
For this match against Denmark, France's backs are very new, Upamecano, Saliba, Badiashile, while the backs make the
Real Madrid soccer team
The two backs came out, Camavinga and Tchouameni, and Deschamps intended to rely on the strong mobility of these two young backs in the center of the field to gain control, and then to keep feeding the ball to Griezmann up front so that Griezmann didn't need to drop back and could concentrate on attacking and delivering it to the ace, Mbappe.
But things are not as expected, the Danish team's tacit understanding is better compared to France, and they play a concise, which is relatively no adaptation problems, and this World Cup France and Denmark in the same group, Deschamps also obviously do not want to let Denmark completely see through the main force of their fighting force, but can not be weak casually play to lose, because it will certainly affect the players' mentality, to the World Cup when the trouble, so this formation is actually also I can see what Deschamps wants to do, he intends to put the stronger double back and immobile three sharpshooters in the center to concentrate the attacking power, but let the backfield defenders practice, after playing against each other in the World Cup will not be unfamiliar with the situation, and in fact, even if the ball is dropped this way, it is not the fault of the main center backs and the main goalkeeper.
But Denmark aren't following your observations, they give every game their all, and for this game they're putting out a strong lineup with Sevilla's Dolberg and
England Premier Soccer League
Brentford's Damsgaard all featured, and the midfield trio are by far the most solid three in the Danish side.
Tottenham Hotspur (city in Morocco)
of Hojbjerg, Delaney of Seville, and the
Manchester United Football Club
Eriksen of Crystal Palace, and then the center back took captain Kjaer and gave Crystal Palace's Joachim Andersen a start instead. Who is Joachim Andersen?
England Premier Soccer League
Constant harassment with small gestures in the league
Liverpool (England)
The same Andersen who finally pissed off Darwin and caused him to get a red card for an offensive move.
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At the beginning, France wanted to show strong pressure on Denmark, but the Danish side was prepared, immediately four defenders and three midfielders retreated to the defense line, encrypting the thickness of the central defense area, and let go of the extra space on the wings, even if France got the ball on the edge of the road can not be passed to the center, because the Danish central defenders are very tall, France tried to let Mbappe and Griezmann from the left side of the 45-degree diagonal to play on the ground! France tried to let Mbappe and Griezmann to slant the ball from 45 degrees on the left side to play on the ground, and it did have a little effect in the beginning, but the Danish side is obviously very experienced players, coupled with the maintenance of the thickness of the defense zone, did not give Mbappe and Griezmann a little bit more time to hold the ball, almost as soon as the ball arrived at the feet of the Danish players have already arrived in front of them, so that even if the French shot at the goal, the angle will be blocked most likely.
After more than 10 minutes of play, Denmark saw that France didn't seem to be so aggressive, and Pavard slowly disappeared from the right side, then Denmark went up to the front with no problem, they just played a forward pass, and at 20:00, Olsen had already rushed to the penalty box and took the first shot which was blocked by keeper Areola, but the danger of this shot had already overshadowed the previous 20 minutes of France's attack.
The more they played, the more obvious France's problems became. The three center backs don't just stand in the defensive zone, but one of them has to be involved in the attack, usually either the left or the right center back, but France obviously didn't do a good job of it. Saliba and Upamecano both pressed forward a bit, but not often enough, and they didn't link up well with the wing backs, Pavard disappeared until the end of the game, and Mendy didn't seem to need him. He didn't look like he was needed in defense, but when attacking he couldn't decide whether to go down the left side or to the center. Mabppe and Griezmann were already crowded on the left side of the field at 45 degrees, but there wasn't enough ground ball for them to pile up after going down the field, and a direct pass to the center would have been easily picked up by Denmark, so Mendy felt like he was playing on his own.
And the double back Camavinga and Tchouameni, although it does not look bad, in fact, Denmark want to play from the center of the pass into the two of them were intercepted, but the two of them to form the pressure is obviously not comparable to the previous Pogba and Kante duo, the two a Pogba tall and strong explosive power, stand firm back is difficult to get through, and the other Kante The other Kante has a huge range of activities, not only to defend in the position, can chase and grab, but also can suddenly press forward to replace the attacking midfield or even to the side to support the wingers, Camavinga's range of activities is limited to the middle of the road, at most, only forward to the top of the penalty box, it is very simple straight up and down, to the side of the support is too little, and his handling of the ball is obviously not as delicate as Kante, pass errors are also quite a lot, Tchouameni is also the same as Pogba and Kante. Tchouameni also only goes straight up and down.
