‘No, I don’t know them’: French stars blissfully unaware of Socceroos | VinceRugari
Fearing a repeat of their lucky escape four years ago, France manager Didier Deschamps has warned his players not to underestimate the Socceroos – even if, as two of them admitted, they have no real idea of whom they’re coming up against.
Even accounting for the team’s fitness concerns and internal rifts, France have more than enough quality to safely account for Australia – but that was also the case at Russia 2018, when they only avoided a draw with the plucky Socceroos when Aziz Behich deflected a shot from Pogba into his own net with nine minutes to go.
While Graham Arnold is using June’s Peru play-off win as a template for the high-intensity pressing he wants his players to replicate, Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate is anticipating Australia will sit off in defence and play in a low block.“You have to take the heat into consideration, even if it’s going to impact both teams. There are a lot of teams who know that we have attackers who are very fast, they will surely wait for us. But we have to expect everything in this kind of game.
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