El PSG decided last summer to pay 50 million for Bradley Barcola. He Lyon Olympic, in a delicate financial situation, accepted the offer. He was not a player who came with numbers that were scary, but both Luis Enrique as Luis Campos They believed that with patience he would fit into the Asturian’s system. And the truth is that that’s how it was and Barcola established himself as Luis Enrique’s third musketeer on the attack front with Mbappé and Dembélé.
In yesterday afternoon’s open-door training, Barcola got most of the headlines. Only Mbappé, who followed the rest of the team’s plan to gain rhythm, and Maignan, with the rest of the goalkeepers, were left out of that group and the Madrid forward worked with the less common ones.
There is the Deschamps-Camavinga case: enigmatic question, talk with many gestures…
Deschamps decided to call up Barcola for the first time for the Euro and It has been one of the sensations in every training session.. He debuted with his country’s shirt this June in the warm-up friendly against Luxembourg (3-0), playing 9 minutes, plus another 28 against Canada.
Deschamps decided against Poland to give him the left wing despite it being his first official match with France at the age of 21 and sitting Marcus Thuram. Mbappé also returned with the mask and the coach therefore pulled Luis Enrique’s trident for the first time.
Mbappé understands very well with both. He has guided Barcola in his adaptation to Paris, although the trident will no longer be seen since Kylian lands in Madrid. The question is whether the coach will continue with this option against Belgium.. There is nothing clear.
Mbappé, wearing the mask with the French coaching staff
Barcola’s options go through the 4-3-3
On the one hand, this attack means leaving Kylian more of a reference, but Deschamps is already doing it in this Euro. The Madrid player plays with freedom along the entire attacking front. It also depends on the system that Deschamps will use. This idea only fits with the 4-3-3, but this implies for the selector to do an important sieve in the core, where Kanté and Tchouaméni They are establishing themselves in the double in the midfield for a more conservative idea of the game. With three up, the coach could only add one more piece in the midfield and that means re-seating Griezmann, which seems unlikely, or Rabiot.
More speed, less game control
Deschamps looked for speed against Poland with this trident. Not losing control of the game with this drawing is because Griezmann be able to repeat the role he played in the Qatar World Cup. To do this, the coach bets on Kanté and Tchouaméni to free the rojibanco a little more from defensive tasks and bring them closer to the area without losing their participation in the game between the lines. This week, the coach will clear up his doubts, but he needs solutions after the doubts that France has raised in this group stage.
