France team stomp on Turkey – Euro 2020

In a hot geo-political context and under strong whistles often giving the impression that the match was taking place on the banks of the Bosphorus rather than in Seine-Saint-Denis, the France team touched the finger on the qualification for the Euro 2020, Monday night at the Stade de France. In a boiling atmosphere despite the rain but less hostile than expected, she finally let slip, frustrated by Turkey (1-1).

See you in November

The opportunity was too good. It was enough of a victory to France, in front of the 36^e world nation, to make sure of a 13^e consecutive participation in a major tournament (Euros and World Cups combined). Weary, as she has taken the bad habit in recent years, she will stretch the suspense until after All Saints. The arrival of Moldavia on November 14 at the "SDF", and the trip to Albania three days later should ideally serve to secure the first place in the group. And to forge a status of seed for the draw of November 30 in Bucharest. After this frustrating evening, the most cosmopolitan Euro in history (June 12-July 12, 2020) with its 12 host cities (Amsterdam, Munich, Bilbao, Bucharest, Budapest, Rome, Dublin, Glasgow, London, Copenhagen, Saint Petersburg, Baku) is not yet a reality even if the Blues remain virtually qualified (2^e of the group behind Turkey, three points ahead of Iceland).

Dominate is not winning

Deschamps had promised "an explanation" against the Turks to erase the "non-match" of spring in Konya (0-2). After the first ten minutes rough and laborious, the Blues have started the siege of goal Mert Gunok. The best action of the first period ended with a superb save from Istanbul goalkeeper Basaksehir in front of Griezmann, put into orbit by a brilliant heel of Coman (17^e), Sissoko also finding, in the second following, the Turkish guardian on his way. Fragile, the Turkish boat has rocked a lot without sinking. Sissoko of the left (25^e) and Griezmann with a beautiful but imprecise wound-up (37^e) have not hit home. The 2^e half-time has long run the same scenario of a blue game seductive sequence but inefficient. Until Olivier Giroud's opening score, from the lead on a Griezmann corner (1-0, 76^e). The Euro, the Blues have seen for five minutes. The time for Kaan Ayhan to ignite, head, the tens of thousands of Turkish supporters, well helped by a guilty French defense (1-1, 81^e).

Giroud always precious, the defense cracks

Only three days after "a men's match" in Iceland as qualified by the coach, the Blues handed the blue heat, still amputated several world champions, and not least (Lloris, Umtiti, Pogba, Mbappe and Kante, injured during warm-up in Reykjavik). Decisive against the Vikings but in the closet in Chelsea, Olivier Giroud was on the bench kickoff for the benefit of Wissam Ben Yedder. For his second stint in blue, the striker AS Monaco did not really convinced. The opposite of his "substitute", once again decisive. With 38 goals in blue, he now walks on the heels of Platini (41). The consolation of a badly negotiated final evening, as one of the rare Turkish occasions, another set kick, where the French rearguard cracked.