How strong is the French front line? UEFA's official website wrote an article analyzing their offensive firepower, Benzema, Griezmann, Mbappe is called the "three musketeers", "fantasy trio", how do they work? And what is the plan B?
Benzema in the experience of five and a half years of the national team "window period", finally called by Deschamps to the current session
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in the middle of the formation, which means that this 2016
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Runner-up, 2018
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Championship team with a front line strength unmatched by any other team's bottom.
The front line of Benzema, Griezmann and Mbappe combined for 92 goals for the three big clubs over the course of the past season - with Mbappe scoring 42 goals for Paris last season and Benzema for the
Real Madrid soccer team
scored 30 goals and Griezmann scored 20 for Barcelona. Can they continue this hot streak into
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And does it constitute a 1+1+1>3 situation?
In the warm-up games, the Gallic trident has now shown the first signs of prominence, in the competition against Wales, Benzema produced a penalty kick but missed, Mbappe passes, Griezmann scored a world wave; in the competition against Bulgaria, Griezmann barbed into the goal, Benzema retired from the injury, Giroud from the bench to complete the plum two degrees.
For the degree of tacit understanding of the three, Benzema said in an interview: "cutting-edge players do not need to play 100 games together to form a tacit understanding, because they have now reached a certain level in technology, so it is very simple to find or perhaps understand each other in the process of the common competition."
What formation will France use?
In the warm-up match against Wales, Deschamps actually placed Griezmann in the center, while in the later match against Bulgaria, it was Mbappe on the left and Griezmann on the right.
People actually do not have to worry to guess Deschamps will be in the first match against Germany in how to arrange his front line starting position, because the French boss in the defeat of Wales has now clearly said: "in the attack, the front players do not have a fixed position, I will give them complete freedom. However, when we lose possession and turn to defense, they have to know what they have to do."
Mbappe also added: "France's attacking approach is now better than the
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It's time for a change, because Benzema has a different character from Giroud. Giroud is a more tactical player, whereas Benzema loves to move and will pull himself to the left or maybe the right to receive the ball."
What does this mean for Griezmann?
Deschamps' previous idea for Griezmann was to allow him to smoothly move into positions where he could produce the most kills, so Griezmann's 2016
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on scoring six goals, winning the Golden Boot and Best Player. And 2018.
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On it, he scored four goals to become the Silver Boot and Bronze Ball. What is clear is that the left-footer has been a major safeguard for France's runners-up and winners at both tournaments. Well, this year's
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What about it?
In an interview with the team newspaper, Griezmann said, "Nothing has changed for me. The manager expects me to touch the ball as much as possible to make the whole team work well and to be effective in possession. And then there are the set-pieces." (actually sounds like a lot has changed now)
What if the three musketeers don't work?
Disappointed a little French fans will give you a flashback to the year, 2002
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On top of that, France takes on the prominence of the defending champions, with a team that boasts the best from the
England Premier Soccer League
of scorer Henry, from
Serie A
's top scorer, Trezeguet, and top scorer from Ligue 1, Cisse. However, they lost 0-1 to Senegal, drew 0-0 with Uruguay, and lost 0-2 to Denmark without scoring a single goal, and went straight out of the group stage.
It's hard to imagine such a scene repeating itself again. When Benzema retired injured against Bulgaria, Giroud appeared and saved the team, the second highest scorer in France's history behind Henry.
Chelsea
The striker always feels reliable and it is by relying on him to have a significant effect that France will be able to do so in 2018
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on finally asking for the win. As well, France also boasts the talented Dembele on their team, and their bench depth in the attacking formation is daunting.
What's not on the UEFA website?
While the UEFA website boasts about the French attacking line, it certainly doesn't focus on the so-called "infighting" that the media is hyping up. Benzema and Giroud have an old "go-karting" problem that seems to have been resolved. But between Giroud and Mbappe, there is also the problem of support, the right to fire the problem is very unpleasant, although Deschamps said several times that this does not constitute a problem, but who knows when things will eventually become big or completely eliminate.
Griezmann did not participate in the so-called infighting in the front line, he and Pogba are the core of stability in the dressing room of this French team. However, according to previous media reports, Mbappe and Benzema belong to see each other, the two people are very close contact, which is not one of the reasons that lead to Giroud's dissatisfaction.
