Euro 2020: France are in group of loss of life, says Wissam Ben Yedder
France striker Wissam Ben Yedder stated the reigning world champion is within the hardest group on the European Championship and that it should make a robust begin to its marketing campaign towards Germany in Tuesday’s opener.
France, which defeated Croatia to carry the 2018 World Cup, is in Group F alongside title holder Portugal, four-time world champion Germany and thirty seventh ranked Hungary.
“It is the group of death. There are really good teams,” stated Ben Yedder.
“We are going to start the competition with a lot of energy. We are really impatient to start the competition and we are going to give it our maximum. We have a really big game as a starting point and we know that we have to be solid together for the first match.”
Defender Benjamin Pavard stated France faces a tricky problem towards the Germans, who will likely be enjoying in entrance of their residence crowd in Munich.
“The first match is very exciting against Germany,” Pavard stated. “It is not going to be an easy game against a very good German team. We are not going to put any pressure on ourselves.”
Les Bleus are favourites to win the European soccer showpiece, however Pavard stated Germany and Portugal are additionally in rivalry for the title.
“We are one of the favourites but not the favourite,” the 25-year-old stated. “We can’t just believe it is going to be an automatic win. We have to play match by match and we will see.”