The France team welcomes Croatia this Sunday at the Stade de France in the quarterfinals of the League of Nations. To qualify, the Blues will have to go up two goals to erase the sad defeat of the first leg (2-0)
Buried on Dalmate soil, the French team is at the foot of a Sunday Everest at the Stade de France. The scathing failure of Split (2-0) forces the Blues to a spectacular rise to hope to continue their epic in the League of Nations. Faced with Croats who have deployed lacemaker football mixed with formidable pragmatism, Didier Deschamps’ men must reinvent their score.
Metamorphosis expected from the Blues
The cleaver should fall on several holders after a halftone collective service. The manifest fragility of Lucas Digne should open the way to the return of Théo Hernandez, while Jonathan Clauss is looming to occupy the right corridor. The central building could experience an overhaul with Dayot Upamecano likely to support or replace one of the pillars of the Konaté-Saliba hinge. In the midfield, Mattéo Guendouzi sees his weakened position, while Rabiot does not give off great serenity since the stormy episode of the Parc des Princes. Eduardo Camavonga and Manu Koné, who brought a more offensive momentum after their enteres during the first leg, are both in a position to start the meeting. At the tip of the attack, the nightmare evening of Randal Kolo Muani will likely earn him a spectator role. Michael Olise or Bradley Barcola could thus join the offensive ballet orchestrated by Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé.
Nine confrontations without victory for Croatia against France before 2022. Then the wind turned. Two consecutive successes, including the last Thursday evening thanks to the achievements of Ante Budimir and Ivan Perisic, have transformed the psychology of checkered players. Under the baguette of Zlatko Dalic, they demonstrated their ability to thwart the forecasts and make the giants stumble. However, far from their lands, the Croats lose their superb: no victory on the move in this edition of the League of Nations. The Dionysian enclosure therefore represents a major challenge in the face of a French team injured in its flesh and determined to restore the natural order of things.
Draw inspiration from the 2013 feat
If the equation seems complex, the history of football is full of fantastic lifts. The Blues can also draw inspiration from the victory acquired against Ukraine in November 2013 in the 2014 World Cup dams (3-0, after a 0-2 defeat). Early achievement could breathe new dynamic into this double confrontation still undecided. To accomplish this miracle, the Tricolores will have to find their warlike essence and this rage to defeat who forges their legend. More than a qualification, it is the flame of hope that it is a question of reviving before starting the long walk towards the World 2026. In the arena of the stadium of France, it is the very soul of French football which will be at stake, ready to be reborn from its ashes or to go out in a deafening silence.
What time will the meeting take place?
The match between France and Croatia will take place this Sunday at 8:45 p.m. at the Stade de France (Saint Denis). He will be refereed by the experienced black man Michael Oliver (England)
On which TV channel is broadcast France – Croatia?
This return match will be followed live and exclusively on TF1 from 8:35 p.m.
What streaming broadcast for this match?
To watch the streaming match, you can connect to the MyTF1 platform.
Possible initial compositions
The probable composition of France: Maignan – Koundé, Upamecano, Saliba, Digne – Koné, Tchouameni, Camavonga; Dembélé, Mbappé, Barcola.
The probable composition of Croatia: Livaković – Stanišić, Šutalo, ćaleta -Car, Gvardiol – Kovačić, Modrić – Perišić, Baturina, Kramarić – Budimir.
The different ribs
France is largely favorite among bookmakers for this return match against Croatia
Betclic: France 1.42 / zero 4.70 / Croatia 7.10.
Winamax: France 1.42 / zero 4.60 / Croatia 7.50.
Unibet: France 1.41 / zero 4.60 / Croatia 7.00.
Parions Sports: France 1.42 / zero 4.75 / Croatia 7.00.