Euro 2020 (2021)

Porque

Senior Member
France played some fantastic Mbappe& Inshallah.

Will be hard to beat unless you have the pace and clinical finishers to sit back, counter and ask France to bring the game to you. The Portuguese or Italians seem the best at a shot of them.

England would be up there if they had a manager and not a gate.
 

te amo barca

Blaugrana al vent
France is a frustrating team. One of the most talented rosters I've ever seen, but they keep doing the bare minimum in order to win. It is very conservative but pragmatic, so it works.
 

Andresito

Senior Member
Staff member
France is a frustrating team. One of the most talented rosters I've ever seen, but they keep doing the bare minimum in order to win. It is very conservative but pragmatic, so it works.

That's Deschamps for you. It doesn't look fancy but it works.
 

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
Deschamps doesn't care about playing good football. Gotta do whatever it takes to win trophies.
 

Porque

Senior Member
Deschamp played beautiful attacking football with Monaco in 04.

Mourinho shithoused him in the CL final and evidently scarred his perception of football for life.
 

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
They played more entertaining football in 16, only for Portugal to shithouse their way to victory.

Had a different team back then.

Have a much better defence now and Mbappe's pace.

Basically.....only way to beat France IMO is to score the first goal and sit deep and beat them at what they do best. But you have to score the first goal. If France scores first they'll sit deep and force you to commit forward and then finish you with a counter.
 

FinBarcelonafan

Well-known member
Had a different team back then.

Have a much better defence now and Mbappe's pace.

Basically.....only way to beat France IMO is to score the first goal and sit deep and beat them at what they do best. But you have to score the first goal. If France scores first they'll sit deep and force you to commit forward and then finish you with a counter.

Exactly. Mbappe ain't that good versus parked bus. That's why he looked world-class yesterday vs Bayern and Barca. Same thing.
 

El Gato

Villarato!
What is that decision on Dan James haha

Watching Turkey is like watching most Slavic teams just with a mildly different ethnicity - a bunch of big hosses who aren't too quick, trying to kick a ball accurately and failing miserably.
 

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