The defending champions will safe qualification for the knockout stage with a sport to spare in Group D in the event that they win in opposition to a facet who beat and outplayed them twice not too long ago. Denmark beat France 2-1 away in June and 2-0 at dwelling in September within the Nations League.

“In June they had a few different players and there will be a few new (ones) tomorrow because the team may not be exactly the same as it was in June or in September but we’ve assessed those players and we, of course, learn from those experiences in the past but Denmark will learn from them too,” France captain and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris instructed a information convention on Friday.

“They can change their system from one match to the other and that can give us different types of difficulties.”

While coach Didier Deschamps will follow a four-man defence, he may very well be tempted to make a couple of changes as Denmark have little in frequent with Australia, who Les Bleus beat 4-1 on Tuesday.

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Fullback Benjamin Pavard was typically outpaced on the appropriate facet of the defence, which may lead Deschamps to the intense choice of bringing in central defender Jules Kounde.

With France’s proper flank being their foremost weak spot, Adrien Rabiot might change to the appropriate facet of midfield with Aurelien Tchouameni enjoying because the quantity six and Antoine Griezmann transferring barely deeper behind the offensive trio. Up entrance, Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele ought to retain their spots, however extra will probably be requested of them by way of defensive work.

BETTER BALANCE

Barcelona’s Dembele, notably, might want to strike a beter stability between offence and defence.

“He has improved a lot on this aspect because he has greater demands at club level,” stated Deschamps. “I’ve discussed it with him: it’s more about positioning to make fewer efforts. In fact, against Australia there were a couple of situations where he was a bit off, I told him, and he corrected it.”

Deschamps conceded some changes may very well be wanted.

“I can do anything. On the in-depth analysis of our first game, in addition to the goal conceded, there are three situations where we must do better,” he instructed a information convention.

“So there are four situations to correct. It requires adjustments, by the positioning of certain players or the replacement of one.”

Deschamps nonetheless has quite a bit considering to do earlier than he broadcasts his lineup to the gamers a couple of hours earlier than the match.

“The ideal is to be dangerous, to create chances, to score goals and not to concede any,” he stated. “Perfection doesn’t exist, but we try to get closer to it. This requires discussions with the players and complementarities between them. It is logical to have things to improve.”