The long-awaited date is getting nearer. This Saturday at 8 p.m., the France workforce will certainly cross swords with England within the protection of its world title. An already thrilling quarter-final to which Arsène Wenger returned throughout an interview with The Team. The chance for him to ship his prognosis and to take inventory of the forces concerned. “France has actual property on the perimeters, with particularly the connection between (Theo) Hernandez and (Kylian) Mbappé. A workforce that desires to win the World Cup should study extra rapidly than the others to seek out its stability and France knew find out how to do it very nicely on this World Cup: (Jules) Koundé compensates for the rises of Hernandez by adopting a extra conservative profile, a very similar to (Blaise) Matuidi did in 2018 when Mbappé was taking part in on the suitable”first assured the previous Gunners technician earlier than detailing.
“For six months, I’ve been saying that France can retain its title, regardless of the packages (Karim Benzema, Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kanté…). She skilled a disappointment on the Euro final yr (elimination towards Switzerland within the spherical of 16, 3-3, 4-5 on pens), which created a questioning. It’s a younger group, which is hungry, which doesn’t really feel on the finish of the journey. I’d add that France has a possible, when it comes to bodily energy, clearly superior to that of the opposite groups, with the potential exception of … England. On this space, the English circles, and particularly (Jude) Bellingham, might be very environment friendly. That’s why England is probably the workforce that has the perfect likelihood of injuring France on this competitors. It’s the ultimate earlier than the hour…”