France manager Didier Deschamps, who captained France’s 1998 World Cup-winning side, is praying the footballing gods smile on his team in Monday’s eight-team European zone play-off draw.
Deschamps has publicly expressed his annoyance that France missed out on being seeded and as a result in danger of being pitted against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal, Euro 2004 winners Greece, Croatia or Ukraine in the draw at FIFA’S Zurich headquarters.
Joining the French in the unseeded ‘pot’ are the Zlatan Ibrahimovic-inspired Sweden, Romania and surprise packet Iceland. Deschamps, asked which team he wanted to avoid, said: ‘It’s legitimate to say Portugal because they have Ronaldo, who’s a great player .’
Deschamps has publicly expressed his annoyance that France missed out on being seeded and as a result in danger of being pitted against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal, Euro 2004 winners Greece, Croatia or Ukraine in the draw at FIFA’S Zurich headquarters.
Joining the French in the unseeded ‘pot’ are the Zlatan Ibrahimovic-inspired Sweden, Romania and surprise packet Iceland. Deschamps, asked which team he wanted to avoid, said: ‘It’s legitimate to say Portugal because they have Ronaldo, who’s a great player .’