Press review: Turkey/France, Zidane's first in charge of Les Bleus | OneFootball

This Friday, September 25, the French press (from a sporting perspective) had nothing directly to report concerning Paris Saint-Germain. Quite logically, all attention is on the France national team’s match tonight against Turkey in the Nations League. It will be the first game under head coach Zinedine Zidane. It is expected to be with a 4-3-3 formation featuring Ousmane Dembélé (the 29-year-old PSG forward) through the middle and Kylian Mbappé (the 27-year-old Real Madrid forward) on the left.

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It is a landmark moment, the concrete beginning of a period that has been eagerly awaited in France. Zidane, a legendary former player who also won the Champions League three times with Real Madrid as a coach, is now on the Bleus bench and will try to establish his philosophy. There are reasons to be excited, and a certain sense of emotion as well. A few choices already stand out from Didier Deschamps’ approach, especially the positioning of the forwards. There are also new players in the squad, and Rayan Cherki could be in the starting lineup.

Be careful, the starting lineup is not official. There could be “surprises” tonight. Also, everything certainly will not be perfect right away. It is important to keep expectations in check for a debut, however emotional it may be. Building a team takes time. But the squad’s potential means there is always a certain level of expectation around the Bleus. Even more so with a football legend leading them.

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