The final series of friendly matches before Euro 2024 became a disappointment for the “giants”, after the defeat of England and Portugal was a draw like a loss for France.
Four days ago, France almost just walked on the field and won 3-0 against Luxembourg, so it is not too far-fetched for coach Didier Deschamps’s team to dream of defeating Canada 10-6 in the early morning. .
However, the team from North America under coach Jesse Marsch learned a lot of useful things after losing 4 goals to the Netherlands a few days ago in a friendly match in Rotterdam…
Ousmane Dembele dribbles in front of the Canadian defense
Coach Didier Deschamps fielded a quite strong squad, except for 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. yard from the beginning.
However, in the entire first half, the reigning world runners-up could not find a way into Canada’s goal.
Kylian Mbappe only entered the field from the bench
After the break, Kylian Mbappe, Kolo Muani, Kingsley Coman, and Bradley Barcola were put on the field by coach Deschamps to strengthen the attack.
The result, however, was still zero when the powerful firepower of the French team could not endanger Canadian goalkeeper Maxim Crepeau.
The French team was disappointed with the draw with Canada
Many French fans present at Malmut-Atlantique Stadium in Bordeaux could not hide their disappointment after cheering for the home team for 90 minutes.
This result ends the preparation process of the French team before Euro 2024. Eight days from now, the “Gaulois Rooster” will take the field at the European Championship against Austria in the opening match.
Also playing at Napoli’s home field to welcome Bosnia & Herzegovina, the Italian team got the victory as expected even though the events on the field for 90 minutes were not able to satisfy all fans of the blue shirt army.
“Squadra Azzurri” has high hopes of winning to complete the momentum for Euro 2024, after playing quite poorly in the 0-0 draw with Türkiye a few days ago.
Davide Frattesi scored the only goal for Italy
The pressure created by the Italian team was continuous in front of Bosnia & Herzegovina’s goal right after the opening whistle.
However, it was not until the 38th minute that the home team converted the good opportunities created into opening the score. The scorer for the Italian team was Davide Frattesi, striker of Inter Milan.
The Italian team is unbeaten in a series of friendly matches before Euro 2024
That was also the only notable situation of the match because for the rest of the time, the Italian team attacked hopelessly against the Bosnia & Herzegovina defense.