France’s core group of stars have insisted that they’re as much as the problem of dealing with Lionel Messi in a 2022 World Cup closing date with Argentina.
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WHAT HAPPENED? Les Bleus, who’re defending champions, are set to face the Albiceleste in a showpiece occasion on Sunday that may see a world crown placed on the road. France are absolutely conscious that seven-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi poses a severe risk to their ambition, however Didier Deschamps’ squad are assured that they will hold an all-time nice quiet and sprint his goals of claiming an elusive prize in what can be his final outing at FIFA’s flagship occasion.
WHAT THEY SAID: France full-back Hernandez has informed RAI Sport: “Taking part in two World Cup finals in a row is an unbelievable second. We are going to work onerous to win this closing. Now we now have to consider the ultimate. I am drained, but it surely’s good to win a World Cup semi-final. Now let’s get well for Sunday. Messi would not scare us, Argentina are an unbelievable group however we now have a couple of days to work.”
Veteran frontman Olivier Giroud, who’s now his nation’s all-time main goalscorer, has added to The Athletic: “Messi is an unbelievable participant. However we’re not going to let him take pleasure in the most effective night time that he can have. We wish to win this sport and the World Cup and we are going to attempt the whole lot to cease him. There may be not solely Messi in that group. They’ve nice gamers who work for the group additionally. That’s why they’re so robust.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: France won’t let Messi dominate their pre-match preparations, regardless of his apparent potential, with the Argentine’s former Barcelona team-mate Antoine Griezmann saying: “We’ve seen Argentina play, we all know how they play, they’re a tough group to play in opposition to they usually appear to be on prime type. There isn’t solely Messi, they’ve a powerful facet round him. Will probably be a tricky sport and they’ll have numerous help within the crowd.”
Actual Madrid midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni went on to say: “We must defend effectively and we must present all our qualities. Sure, there’s Lionel Messi, however there are additionally 10 different gamers subsequent to him who even have numerous high quality, so we’ll need to be prepared, effectively conscious of the chance we now have to make historical past.”
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WHAT NEXT? France edged out Morocco 2-0 to make their means into the ultimate at Qatar 2022, whereas Argentina proved too robust for Croatia as Messi netted his fifth objective of the event in a 3-0 victory for the South American heavyweights.
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