France Boss Didier Deschamps Must Drop Patrice Evra and Blaise Matuidi vs. Swiss

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Published: June 18, 2016

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Hosts France have made a solid, if unspectacular, start to the 2016 UEFA European Championship, and Didier Deschamps’ men will close out Group A against Switzerland at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille on Sunday.

While boasting six points from a possible six is obviously a big plus, the truth is that Les Bleus are yet to really impress on home soil this summer.

Now that the pressure is off and a place in the latter stages of their own tournament is already guaranteed, the French could finally start to express themselves against a vulnerable Swiss outfit in northern France.



Deschamps made a few changes for the 2-0 win over Albania at Stade Velodrome in Marseille on Wednesday; Antoine Griezmann and Paul Pogba were left out of the starting XI, while the formation was changed from the regular 4-3-3 to a 4-2-3-1.

The Juventus man, despite looking better against the Albanians than he did against Romania in the opening fixture of Euro 2016 at Stade de France in Paris, is still yet to replicate his awesome form at club level on the international stage.

With Paris Saint-Germain’s Blaise Matuidi one of France’s players most struggling for form after the first two matches—along with Juventus’ Patrice Evra—Pogba could finally be given the chance to start in his preferred left central-midfield role against Switzerland on Sunday.

Under pressure, partly because of the ridiculous amount of pre-tournament hype he was subject to and partly because his performances over the past two years with the national team have not been good enough, the 23-year-old gestured towards the French press after Dimitri Payet scored the hosts’ late second goal against Albania.

Speaking in a statement issued to Agence France Presse, as reported by ESPN FC, Pogba denied targeting the media with his offensive gesture.

The joy I displayed with a big gesture, as is...
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