Despite the lack of goals, there are positive signs in the French team’s football after the draw against the Netherlands this Friday, especially the great performance of midfielder N’Golo Kanté, once again voted Best Player of the Match by UEFA.
“I have mixed feelings. I think we played a good game overall […]but the disappointment is that we didn’t score and we didn’t qualify tonight,” Kanté told BeIN Sports.
The break in the dressing room seemed to bring more ideas to the ‘Bleus’, who began to create opportunities with a header from Aurélien Tchouaméni (63′) and a shot from Griezmann saved by Verbruggen (65′).
“I had two chances, but [a bola] stayed at my feet. It is a shame. What we lacked in these two games was scoring, so we need to work”, lamented Griezmann in front of the cameras of the French network M6 after the game.
In the last round, on Tuesday (25th) at 1pm, the ‘Bleus’ (with 4 points) will have to guarantee access to the round of 16 against already eliminated Poland (zero points). And the Netherlands (4 points) will face Austria (3 points) on the same day and time, which earlier defeated Poland 3-1.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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