This Sunday, Equipe de France will play Croatia in the quarter-finals of the Nations League at 8:45pm at the Stade de France. A match that involves 4 Paris Saint-Germain players. 4 on the French side: Warren Zaïre-Emery, Ousmane Dembélé, Désiré Doué and Bradley Barcola. On the eve of the match, L’Equipe puts forward a likely Bleus line-up, with Dembélé still in the center of the park, but with several changes around him.
Mbappé – Dembélé – Olise
Rabiot ou Camavinga – Tchouaméni – Koné
Digne – Saliba – Upamecano – Koundé ou Pavard
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A possible composition, but we remain cautious as there is still time for change. In any case, it’s nothing official. But Didier Deschamps is less likely to surprise the media than coach Luis Enrique. So it’s safe to assume that the team is at least taking shape along these lines.
Which may come as a little disappointment, given that Zaïre-Emery, Doué and Barcola are still likely to be substitutes, while Dembélé will be on the bench, with little rest in this busy period. There’s also the relative failure of his place in the centre of the park, but that too needs further work. Animation and the players around it also count, of course.
