FRENCH TEAM. The Blues know their opponents and the schedule for the group stage of the 2022 World Cup. The France team will face Denmark, Tunisia and the winner of the intercontinental play-off 1. Note that the base camp for the World Cup has been chosen.
[Mis à jour le 1 avril 2022 à 20h09] The France team knows its first opponents for the 2022 World Cup, or almost. The Blues will be opposed to Denmark, Tunisia and the winner of the intercontinental play-off 1 (Peru, Australia or United Arab Emirates) in Pool D. The first match in this World Cup has been set for Tuesday, November 22 for the players of Didier Deschamps . The French players will face the Tunisians in the last match of the group.
The France team will not know the identity of its very first opponent until June. We will indeed have to wait for the result of the intercontinental play-off 1. The latter will first oppose Australia and the United Arab Emirates. Then in a second match the winner will be against Peru. It is one of these three teams that will join France and Group D in Qatar in November.
Deschamps concerned about match schedules
The Blues will begin the defense of their world title against this first opponent on Tuesday, November 22. Didier Deschamps’ players will then return to Denmark on Saturday November 26 and will close the group stage matches with Tunisia on Wednesday November 30 before a potential round of 16 against a Group C nation (Argentina, Mexico, Poland, or Saudi Arabia). Arabia).
Questioned by our colleagues from BeIn Sports, Didier Deschamps prefers to retain the schedule of matches which he considers fundamental to best manage the players, while the temperatures in Qatar are one of the great fears of players and coaches: “The most important thing, before thinking about that (group stage matches – NDR) is the match times. It goes from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m., it’s not the same thing.”
At the microphone of TMC, Didier Deschamps and Noël Le Graët, president of the French Football Federation, confirmed that the choice of the Blues base camp for the 2022 World Cup has been made: “The choice is made for the base camp. It corresponds to the wish of Didier and his team, there is greenery and space”. The coach of the France team also said more about the training ground and his future base camp in Qatar : “The Al Saad stadium will be our training ground where everything is refocused because we will not have to travel so we will spend time in our base camp”.
The draw for the 2022 World Cup therefore placed the French team in Pool D. The list of teams in this fourth group for this World Cup is therefore as follows:
- France
- Winner intercontinental play-off 1 (Peru, Australia or United Arab Emirates)
- Denmark
- Tunisia
While waiting for the World Cup in Qatar which takes place from November 21 to December 18, the Blues will play six official matches in the League of Nations where they are the reigning champions. Four meetings will take place in June and the last two will take place in September before taking off for Qatar in December.
- June 3: France – Denmark
- June 6: Croatia – France
- June 10 : Austria – France
- June 13 : France – Croatia
- September 22 : France – Austria
- September 25 : Denmark – France
- November 22: France – winner of the intercontinental play-off 1 (Peru, Australia and the United Arab Emirates)
- November 26: France – Denmark
- November 30: France – Tunisia
The Blues started preparation for the 2022 World Cup in March: a sluggish victory against Côte d’Ivoire and an offensive festival against South Africa. Encouraging results for Didier Deschamps and his staff after the Euro 2021 fiasco and the Nations League title. Here are all the results of the France team:
- March 24, 2021. France – Ukraine: 1-1
- March 28, 2021. Kazakhstan – France: 0-2
- March 31, 2021. Bosnia – France: 0-1
- September 1, 2021. France – Bosnia: 1-1
- September 4, 2021. Ukraine – France: 1-1
- September 7, 2021. France – Finland: 2-0
- March 25, 2022: France – Ivory Coast: 2-1
- March 29, 2022: France – South Africa: 5-0
Here is the ranking of the top scorer of the French football team with Thierry Henry still at the top of the hierarchy:
- Thierry Henry: 51 goals
- Olivier Giroud: 48 goals
- Antoine Griezmann: 42 goals
- Michel Platini: 41 goals
- David Trezeguet: 34 goals
- Karim Benzema: 33 goals
- Zinedine Zidane: 31 goals
- Just Fontaine: 30 goals
- Jean-Pierre Papin: 30 goals
- Youri Djorkaeff: 28 goals
- Kylian Mbappe: 26 goals
The jersey of the France team is changed during new competitions. The current jersey was used during Euro 2020, but will not be used for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. According to a site, Footy Headlines, the France team jersey for 2022 is already ready. The jersey is navy blue, with a simple round neck, with fine horizontal stripes. The FFF logo, number, logo of the Nike equipment supplier would be golden.
Here is the last composition of the list of 23 players of the French team by Didier Deschamps:
- Guardians : Alphonse Areola, Mike Maignan, Hugo Lloris.
- Defenders : Lucas Digne, Jonathan Clauss, Lucas Hernandez, Théo Hernandez, Presnel Kimpembe, Jules Koundé, William Saliba, Raphael Varane.
- Environments : Matteo Guendouzi, N’Golo Kante, Paul Pogba, Adrien Rabiot, Aurélien Tchouameni.
- Attackers : Wissam Ben Yedder, Olivier Giroud, Kingsley Coman, Moussa Diaby, Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappé, Christopher Nkunku.