Blues – Team France: Our winners and losers at the gathering of the Blues in October

One of the great unknowns of the gathering was to know how the Blues would behave in the absence of Hugo Lloris, Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappe. Without these three chickens, nor N'Golo Kante (absent last minute), the team of France has experienced all the trouble in the world to overcome a weak team Iceland. Three days later, she conceded the draw on her turf against valuable but limited Turks. The three major absentees from the rally and Kante had played a key role in Russia and none of the usual substitutes seemed able to compete with them seriously.

Olivier Giroud

Missing in Chelsea, Olivier Giroud was more contested than ever at the beginning of the rally. In two games, he showed how indispensable he was to the Blues. In Reykjavik he had been generous in the fight and valuable in his discounts. Involved in Antoine Griezmann's penalty kick, he was the one who executed the penalty and gave the France team the win on the hour. Substituting against Turkey, he only needed four minutes to register his thirty-eighth goal in selection.

Before the start of the season, some wondered if Coman was an international player. After bringing part of the response to the rally in September, the Munich has continued its momentum. Already stirring against Iceland, he was once again at the origin of most French opportunities against the Turks. On top of that, his technical relationship with Antoine Griezmann is improving, match after match. In France team, this can help.

Wissam Ben Yedder

After a good entry into Iceland and given the situation of Olivier Giroud in club, Didier Deschamps had decided to align with Turkey. In difficulty during the seventy-two minutes he spent on the pitch, he let slip a great opportunity to change the hierarchy at the number 9 position. And, he saw Giroud find the flaw a few seconds after the Blues striker has replaced him.

Moussa Sissoko

Installed alongside Corentin Tolisso in a double pivot in Iceland because of the last minute package of Kante, Moussa Sissoko had not been convincing. Without taking a lot of risks, he had managed "the feat" of losing seventeen balls during the game. Didier Deschamps offered him a chance to redeem himself against Turkey but the Spurs have not caught it. Aligned straight corridor, in front of Benjamin Pavard, he has once again spread his technical gaps. His generosity is not enough.

The first period of Sissoko on the technical level?

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Thomas Lemar

While he was hoping to start the game in Iceland, Thomas Lemar remained benched during the entire game. Three days later and in view of the difficulties encountered by the Blues in Reykjavik, he may have thought again. In the end, the Colchonero has had only thirteen minutes of play time to put in the tooth during this gathering and its horizon among the Blues is slow to clear. If the place of middle left seemed to him promised a few months ago, it is now Blaise Matuidi and Kingsley Coman who seem left to dispute it.