In the final round match of Group A1 of the UEFA Nations League away against Denmark, the French team is not without pressure. With only 1 point ahead of the fourth-placed Austrian team in the standings, the Gallic Rooster still has the possibility of relegation.
The French team’s performance in the first 20 minutes was not bad. Mbappe, Griezmann, and Camavinga completed shots one after another, and almost forced Denmark’s defender Mehle to make an own goal. However, in the second half of the first half, the French team was suddenly surrounded by the Danish team and attacked at half-court.
In the 34th minute, Eriksen scored the ball from the left in the midfield, Damsgao passed the ball to the goal, and Dolberg scored with a tackle, 1-0. In the 39th minute, Eriksson took a right corner kick and then nodded the ball back. Delaney in the middle returned to the penalty area line. Olsen volleyed with his left foot and succeeded, 2-0. In just 5 minutes, the French team’s defense was blown up by the Danish team. In fact, the Danish team still has many threatening offensives. If it wasn’t for Areola’s many saves, the score at the end of the first half might be even more ugly.
The reason why the French team suddenly lost ground and was beaten by the Danish team was inseparable from the two young midfielders from Real Madrid. In this game, Deschamps lined up the same 3-4-1-2 formation as the previous game, with Camavinga and Joan Ameni partnering as a midfielder. However, the two were completely unqualified in the face of the Danish team’s pressure. In the statistics of “SofaScore”, Camavinga played for 45 minutes, made 32 passes of 37 times, the success rate was only 86%, and he lost the ball 7 times. Although Joan Ameni played the whole game, he succeeded in 59 of 68 passes, with a success rate of only 87%, and lost the ball 15 times. With the passing success rate of the two midfielders so low, the French team could not organize an effective attack at all, and they repeatedly sent the ball away needlessly, allowing the Danish team to launch a counterattack.
And Griezmann, who served as the attacking midfielder in this campaign, although he consciously retreated and helped the team organize the offense, his pass success rate was equally bad, with 33 successful 44 passes, a success rate of only 75%.
On the other hand, Eriksson, the core of the Danish team, although the success rate of Eros is also not high, 42 of 50 passes are successful, and the success rate is 84%, but Eriksen sent 8 key balls in this game. In this data, Camavinga has 0 times, Joan Ameni has 2 times, and Griezmann has 3 times. The three together are not as many as Eros alone.
In the second half, Mbappe, who had been invisible for a long time, lost his hard-won single-handed chance. In addition to this, Mbappe can still be remembered by people, that is, one of his crosses directly fired anti-aircraft guns, and then a similar shot went straight to the stands. After that, Mbappe’s burst shot near the penalty spot was directly caught by Schmeichel, and he even nearly injured himself when he shot…
The organization of the midfield is not strong, and the stars of the striker cannot rely on individual flashes to score goals. It is reasonable for the French team to lose. In fact, since June this year, the talented French team has fallen into a vicious circle of difficulty scoring goals. In 6 UEFA Europa League games, the French team only scored 5 goals in total, and 2 games were kept clean. The 3-4-1-2 formation that Deschamps had used since September last year suddenly failed in the first round of the UEFA Nations League. After that, Deschamps tried a 4-2-3-1, 4-4-2 formation, and the French team drew 2 and lost 1. In the last round against Austria, Deschamps once again changed the formation back to 3-4-1-2, and the team won a 2-0 victory. But the Austrian team itself was in poor form, recording its worst performance since 2011. In the final round against the Danish team, the French team was sure enough to reveal its originality.
Perhaps seeing the current situation of the French team, Pogba, who is recovering at home and trapped in the “curse door”, is the happiest. As for Deschamps, the French coach really has to think of a way, otherwise the curse of the defending champion will probably be fulfilled in the World Cup again.
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