Match Preview – Portugal VS France
FIFA World Cup 2014 demonstrated a dissatisfying competition for Portugal Football team, who were rubbed out in the group stages after just winning one match. They have an average late record in the European Championships, in any case, coming to the semi-finals twice, the last and the quarter-finals in each of the last four competitions.
While the clash with France is an attraction benevolent, Santo’s side will be looking ahead to their next Euro 2016 qualifier against Albania next Monday. The way things are, they sit top of Group “I” after 12 matches, having won four of their group matches and lost once. That aggregate has abandoned them two points clear of second-set Denmark.
Since losing 2-1 to France in a well-disposed last October, Portugal have won six of their seven matches in all rivalries, with their just misfortune during that run and astonish 2-0 home annihilation to Cape Verde in March of this current year. Their last match was against Italy in June and Eder scored the main goal of the match in a great 1-0 triumph.
Portugal will go to Albania for what is a key Euro 2016 qualifier on Monday. They will then host Denmark and go to Serbia in their last two Group “I” matches in October.
In spite of an in number keep running of form, Portugal’s late home record in friendlies is shockingly poor – winning only two of their last eight home games and losing three times simultaneously. Santos and his team have greater fish to broil, however, a go against France will give them a decent sign of where they are as far as readiness.
France has obsessed the capacity to kick back and evaluate their potential restriction as next summer’s competition tactics. An entire host of huge names are being made to sweat on their spot, yet friendlies will be about more or less energetic France in the development to the opposition. To be sure, including this match, France have eight more declared friendlies before Euro 2016.
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