Rise or fall? The challenge of the Blues against Belgium tonight, the probable line-ups

It's only the Nations League, but still. Didier Deschamps' French team has never accustomed us to that. Two defeats in a row? Inconceivable. So the Blues must roll up their sleeves tonight, against Belgium, for this second group match.

The Groupama Stadium (Décines) and all the supporters of the Blues will be very attentive to the performance of the French team this evening, against Belgium. Nations League or not, the slap received on Friday (1 3) against Italy must soon become a thing of the past.

After the withdrawals of Warren Zaïre-Emery, Loïc Badé, Aurélien Tchouaméni and Wesley Fofana, Didier Deschamps is looking to rebuild his team. While keeping the defensive foundation of the Blues, which had been their strength. Today, nothing seems to be going well: neither up front nor behind. Despite the presence of world stars (Mbappé, Griezmann) or references in their position (Saliba, Maignan).

But in football, individual talent is not enough. Thus, despite the brilliance of Bradley Barcola, who is promised a brilliant future, the Italians have completely thwarted the French plans.

This Monday evening, a few hours before returning to their respective clubs, The Blues will come up against a team seeking revenge, again eliminated by France at theEuro 2024, this time in the quarter-finals.

With the dynamic Lois Openda (RB Leipzig), and super-powerful wings - Johan Bakayoko (PSV Eindhoven) and Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) -, Belgium has what it takes to push back the Blues. Didier Deschamps could thus do without Theo Hernandez, not in his element facing Italy, andIbrahima Konate.

Within this mandatory turnover, given the sequence of matches every three days, other new faces could be starters this evening in Décines. At the request of Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid), the captain Kylian Mbappé could be left to rest. Which will further rekindle the debate if ever the Blues were to achieve a good performance…

So the brilliant Michael Olis could keep a starting place, in support of Marcus Thuram, always useful for offering calls and creating spaces for teammates. On the wings, many questions in this 4-2-3-1: the Parisians Ousmane Dembélé et Randal Round Muani Will they be in charge of animating the corridors?

The double defensive pivot in the middle could be entrusted to Manu Kone, powerful and mobile, and youssouf Fofana, to the detriment of N'Golo Kanté.

(review de press : The Team of Monday September 9)