The final series of friendly matches before Euro 2024 proved to be a disappointment for the “giants,” since defeats to England and Portugal resulted in a draw, which was equivalent to France losing.
Four days ago, France virtually stepped onto the pitch and won 3-0 against Luxembourg, therefore it is not unreasonable for coach Didier Deschamps’ team to dream of defeating Canada 10-6 in the morning.
However, the North American team, led by coach Jesse Marsch, acquired a lot of valuable lessons after losing 4–0 to the Netherlands in a friendly match in Rotterdam a few days ago…
France “fails” with Mbappe, but Italy wins boringly against Bosnia (Photo 1).
Ousmane Dembele dribbled in front of the Canadian defence.
Coach Didier Deschamps fielded a relatively strong squad, with the exception of Kylian Mbappe on the bench. Most of the familiar names of “Les Bleus” such as Antoine Griezmann, Olivier Giroud, Ousmane Dembele, Marcus Thuram, N’Golo Kante… appeared from the start.
Throughout the first half, however, the reigning global runners-up were unable to find a way into Canada’s goal.
Kylian Mbappe entered the pitch from the bench.
After the halftime, coach Deschamps brought on Kylian Mbappe, Kolo Muani, Kingsley Coman, and Bradley Barcola to bolster the assault.
The outcome, however, remained zero when the French team’s potent weaponry could not threaten Canadian goalkeeper Maxim Crepeau.
The French team was upset with their tie with Canada.
Many French fans at Bordeaux’s Malmut-Atlantique Stadium could not hide their displeasure after 90 minutes of shouting for their home team.
This outcome marks the conclusion of the French team’s preparations for Euro 2024. In eight days, the “Gaulois Rooster” will face Austria in the first encounter of the European Championship.
Also playing at Napoli’s home field to welcome Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Italian team won as expected, despite the fact that the happenings on the pitch for 90 minutes did not satisfy all blue shirt army fans.
“Squadra Azzurri” has high aspirations of winning to build momentum for Euro 2024 despite a dismal performance in a 0-0 draw with Turkey a few days before.
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Davide Frattesi scored the sole goal for Italy.
The Italian team maintained constant pressure on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s goal from the moment the game began.
However, it was not until the 38th minute that the home team capitalised on the good opportunities it produced to open the scoring. Inter Milan striker Davide Frattesi scored the goal for the Italian team.
The Italian squad is unbeaten in a series of friendly matches prior to Euro 2024.
That was also the only significant moment of the game, as the Italians attacked miserably against Bosnia and Herzegovina’s defence for the remainder of the time