As the first round is officially over, place after the world Cup for the 16 qualified… but also the 16 eliminated. Including France of course, ejected from the competition after their two defeats against Canada and then Latvia.
Thus, returned to a sort of “losers’ tournament”, the Blues will play two additional games against two other prematurely eliminated. In group P, which also includes Lebanon, they will thus faceIran (this Thursday, 3:30 p.m.) then the Ivory Coast (Saturday, 11:45 a.m.), initially present in the pool of Spain and Brazil.
Mentally, it won’t be easy since there will be no stakes for the Habs, but Evan Fournier wanted to remind you that it will be important to ” respect the nature of the game during these classification matches.
Then, the French players and coaching staff will (finally) be able to return to France, ending for good this sad World Cup from which everyone will have to learn lessons one year from the Paris 2024 Olympics, as desired by Nicolas Batum.
