France's final match before the World Cup revealed

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·16 avril 2026

France's final match before the World Cup revealed

Recently, a friendly match against Ivory Coast was announced by the French Football Federation as part of the France national team’s preparations for the 2026 World Cup. This Thursday, a match on June 8 against Northern Ireland in Nantes was added, as reported by RMC Sport.

“After a first match against Ivory Coast in Nantes on Thursday, June 4, the France national team (1st in the FIFA rankings) will host Northern Ireland (70th in FIFA), on Monday, June 8, 2026 (9:10 pm live on TF1) at the Decathlon Arena Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille Métropole (Nord), as part of its preparation for the 2026 FIFA World Cup (from June 11 to July 19 in the United States, Canada and Mexico),” the FFF announced.

We now know that Les Bleus will fine-tune their final preparations against Northern Ireland and on home soil, a great opportunity to support the France national team before heading to a competition where they will be especially expected to perform.