France resolves its last friendly match before Euro 2020 where it starts as one of the great favorites. It was from more to less the Parisian team against a Bulgaria that was completely at the mercy of goals for almost the entire match. It was Antoine Griezmann who scored the first goal for the French after a spectacular Chilean strike and Giroud who sentenced in the final stretch of the clash with a double. The best, the desire of Kylian Mbappé and the harmony that Karim Benzema shows; the worst, the discomfort of the Real Madrid player in his right leg that forced his premature change.
It was a very starting eleven that Didier Deschamps used to date at the Stade de France. The dream trident in France is the one made up of Benzema, Mbappé and Griezmann , and the coach did not think not to make it possible. It was the offensive trident, but the second trident in the medullary was also intimidating. Tolisso, Kanté and Pogba put the muscle and the physique. Lucas Hernández , Kimpembe , Varane and Pavard finished squaring the field players. Captain Lloris occupies the goal.
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It was expected that France would dominate against Bulgaria , something that happened from the first bars of the clash although without excessive depth. The Bulgarian team was well retracted and tried to run against each other, putting the core and the rear to the test. The answer was clear, Kimpembe and Tolisso dealt a couple of blows to contain any minimum scare. Tactical foul and to relocate.
The first clear of the game was Benzema in his boots, which opened the can of opportunities. The Real Madrid player wasted a great action by Mbappé on the left, who managed to overflow and yield for the forward. His shot was brushing the stick. Then it was the turn of Mbappé himself, who got the shot centered and caught Naumov . Shortly after, another from Karim. Precious right control after a good center from Pogba and shot with his left foot. Outside.
France was accumulating warnings and nullifying any attempt to reply from Bulgaria . The harmony between Benzema and Mbappé continued to bear fruit with more approaches in the area. Both understand each other wonderfully and flow, it shows that they enjoy together. From that understanding was born an action that almost ended with a goal from the PSG striker, who after a wall with the madridista, the opportunity disappeared.
From Griezmann’s goal to Benzema’s annoyances
Something was going unnoticed, almost overshadowed by Benzema and Mbappé , but he appeared at the right moment to open the can. Griezmann was able to take advantage of a bad deviation from Chochev , to invent a Chilean from the front with which he achieved 1-0 against Bulgaria . He touched a defender and ended up making it impossible for Naumov to stop. The goal left the Bulgarian team touched – even more so – with France that continued to dominate with ease.
It was then that the problems appeared. Benzema hurt himself after a bad action and his right leg hurt. Alarms went off at Deschamps’ selection and Giroud prepared. A few days after the debut in the Euro, any precaution is little. Change in 38 ‘after very good minutes from the white striker.
More chances fell on the French side before the break. A carrerón by Mbappé on the left is almost taken advantage of by Griezmann. Kylian saw Antoine in the center lane, he put it on measure and the Barça forward broke it. It narrowly missed him. The newcomer Giroud also had a very clear one that narrowly missed . France finished the first half with 12 shots, by the 0 that Bulgaria drew in the statistics.
Mbappé wanted his goal
The second part started the same as the first. The French dominance was clear and the great protagonist of the Bulgarians was Naumov and his interventions. Mbappé invented a category game to open space for hitting. The Bulgarian goalkeeper’s save was even better. It was the actions of the French striker that gave some spark to the game, who had slowed down significantly but still had the PSG striker as a revulsive.
He had another Mbappé after the hour of the game that Naumov caught easily. The next one would be with Ousmane Dembélé on the pitch, who came in to replace his clubmate Griezmann . The winger gave it to Kylian and he adjusted the shot so much that it skimmed the wood.
The game began to get tangled up for France , which only found some spark with the boots of an increasingly tired Mbappé , who saw how Karageren was about to draw for Bulgaria after a good arrival due to the right-handed profile. But it appeared in its habitat Giroud , the small area, which picked up a perfect center of Pavard to put the second. It was Giroud himself who closed the game with another in the discount, double in his account and claim.
