France fails to take the lead against the Israeli team, this Thursday at the Stade de France in the Nations League. A match to follow live commentary on our site.
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On this well-taken free kick, the ball is deflected at the near post and Shlomo appears at the far post to take it but misses the ball for a few moments… Maignan was surprised, as was the French defense line.
Eduardo Camavinga receives a yellow card for a foul on Jehezkel along the right touchline, near the area. A card that is important since the French midfielder will be suspended for Milan on Sunday against Italy for the last match of the Blues in this group stage.
On the left wing of the French attack, Bradley Barcola is particularly watched by the Israeli defense with double take-ons. He manages to get away for once in the area facing three defenders and crosses but it doesn't come to anything behind.
This is the umpteenth time that Eduardo Camavinga has lost a ball due to lack of caution in the face of opposing pressure. The Israelis are trying to quickly move towards the goal with each recovery but for the moment it is not going well.
The young PSG midfielder Warren Zaïre-Emery is doing great things in this start to the match with France, on both sides of the field.
Well found in the area after a nice collective sequence on the left, Ngolo Kanté opens his foot to curl the ball but Peretz gets down well to deflect with a firm hand for a corner. A second in a few minutes that still comes to nothing.
Peretz concedes a first corner in this match on a header from Kolo Muani, well found in the area on a long ball. Olise takes it but the Israeli defense clears.
After contact with Jehezkel near the French area, Eduardo Camavinga remained on the ground for a few seconds complaining about his ankle. But Real Madrid can rest assured, the player trained at Rennes quickly got back up.
The French game has leaned to the right since the start of the match ten minutes ago, whether it be Koundáeacute;, Olise or Zaáiuml;re-Emery. Barcola and Theo Hernandez are more discreet for the moment on the other side.
Michael Olise manages to make the difference on the right side by accelerating before crossing with his right at the end of the run, but no player is there to take it at the far post.
Faced with such a tightly-packed block and a five-man defence, the Blues will have to be creative to find the gap and deceive Peretz, current third goalkeeper of FC Bayern.
France has settled into the opposing half of the field against an Israeli team that is not playing in its own area. The Israeli defense is evolving about thirty meters from its goal.
Mr. Stieler, the German referee of this France-Israel match, whistles the kick-off at the Stade de France. It is the French players who start in this first period.
In a very sparsely filled Stade de France, the two teams enter the pitch. The kick-off will be given in five minutes, just after the national anthems of both countries.
The French team has only lost one of its 10 matches against Israel in its history, with 5 wins and 4 draws. This was the infamous 1994 World Cup qualifying match at the Parc des Princes (2-3) in October 1993. A stunning defeat at the Parc des Princes that cost it the World Cup was next to the Blues.
The ratio between the number of spectators in the stands and the number of politicians will perhaps never be so close. After the events in Amsterdam, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron decided to come and watch this match between France and Israel, to “send a message of fraternity and solidarity after the intolerable anti-Semitic acts that followed the match in Amsterdam”, according to his entourage. His two predecessors, Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande, as well as Prime Minister Michel Barnier are also present.
200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000Didier Deschamps spoke to the press on Wednesday about the very special context surrounding this match between France and Israel this Thursday evening at the Stade de France: “We made sure to prepare for this match as normally as possible,” admitted the coach of Les Bleus. No one can be insensitive to the heavy and burdensome context. “This has consequences in terms of the crowd tomorrow (less than 30,000 people are expected, editor's note). We must ensure that it remains a football match, despite everything."
Present before the press on Wednesday, the day before this match between France and Israel, Didier Deschamps could not escape questions about Kylian Mbappé, absent for the second consecutive gathering. The non-call-up of the Real Madrid player, who is not injured, raises many questions, but the French coach once again avoided to answer it head-on: “I won't say more (than last Thursday when the list was announced, editor's note),” he replied. You are free to speak or interpret, I have 23 players at manage, Kylian is not here, leave him alone!"
Israeli coach Ran Ben Shimon does not think that the absence of Kylian Mbappé could harm the French team this Thursday evening, as his pool of players is impressive. “We are in a very difficult group, we are already trying to focus on ourselves. But we would be out of context if we did not focus on our opponents, he admitted to the press on Wednesday. When Mbappé is not playing, there is Olise. And when Olise is not playing, there is Barcola… France has a huge number of players of international stature. We are preparing to face those who will be there, with the best possible tactics.”
The French team has the opportunity to validate its ticket for the quarter-finals of the League of Nations this week, which will be played in March 2025. It would take a cataclysm for the French not to qualify, since they have a five-point lead over Belgium before the last two matches against Israel this Thursday and in Italy on Sunday. Any result other than a defeat this Thursday evening would ensure their qualification. In the event of a defeat, if Belgium does not manage to beat Italy on its side Brussels, the Blues will still qualify. If that happens, France would still have a 2-point lead before the final day, which will see the Blues face Italy in Milan and Israel host Belgium in Budapest. It would take another French defeat and a Belgian victory for Deschamps' players to be eliminated.
On the Israel team side, coach Ran Ben Shimon is using the same system (3-4-2-1) as seen in the last match between the two teams a month ago. Turgeman, Gloukh and Solomon, the captain, will be in charge of the animation up front, while in the absence of goalkeeper and captain Glazer, FC Bayern goalkeeper Daniel Peretz is given a chance in goal. Israel's starting XI: Peretz – Shlomo, Feingold, Nachmias – Abada, Fani, Jaber, Jehezkel – Gloukh, Solomon – Turgeman.
For this match against Israel, Didier Deschamps must once again do without Kylian Mbappé, who has stayed in Madrid for the second consecutive match. Randal Kolo Muani, the Blues' top scorer in 2024, is lined up at the forefront of the attack with Olise and Barcola alongside him. In the middle, PSG midfielder Zaël-Emery accompanies Kanté and Camavinga. The starting eleven of the France team: Maignan – Koundé, Konaté, Upamecano, T. Hernandez – Zaïre-Emery, Kanté, Camavinga – Olise, Kolo Muani, Barcola.
The Stade de France will not be full tonight for the match between the French team and Israel. Despite affordable prices, many seats remain for sale this Thursday and the French Football Federation fears the worst attendance in the history of the Blues in the Saint-Denis stadium, while the Blues have rarely been so unattractive on the pitch, especially without Kylian Mbappé. Only 30,000 people could be present in the stands, while the Stade de France can accommodate more than 80,000.
The Paris police prefecture has significantly increased security around the match, which will be played at the Stade de France. The French authorities do not want any incidents, whether before, during or after the match. In total, 4,000 police and gendarmerie officers as well as 1,600 security agents will be mobilized this Thursday evening. A special operation has also been set up in the enclosure to prevent any invasion of the pitch during the match. Metal barriers topped with spikes were deployed at the bottom of each stand, while the first seven rows of seats were covered with a tarpaulin, in order to create a “buffer” zone between the stands and the pitch.
The context surrounding this meeting between France and Israel makes this normally innocuous (or almost) Nations League match very special. The recent clashes in Amsterdam on the sidelines of the match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel-Aviv, on the night of November 7-8, have exacerbated tensions surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Europe. Emmanuel Macron and many politicians will be present in the stands of the Stade de France to symbolically support the Israeli people after these events.
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