France's Olympic Team, Mbappe, and Three 'WC Winning' Commanders

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The French Olympic national soccer team led by Thierry Henry, who suffered a shock defeat in a friendly match with the South Korean Olympic national soccer team led by head coach Hwang Sun-hong, will destroy the ecosystem.

French media Le Parisien said on the 12th  that Henri, the head coach of the Olympic team, is prioritizing three wild cards players over 23, World Cup winners Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann, and Olivier Giroud.

"With the men's soccer draw ceremony to be held at the organizing committee headquarters in Paris on March 20, preparations for the Olympics will enter a new stage," the media reported. "Important players who will be called up for the A-match game between Germany and Chile in March will participate in the Olympics."

"We can register three wild card players on the Olympic team list, but some French football association executives are no longer waiting. We understand that Mbappe, Griezmann and Giroud are the top priorities," he said.

The Olympic team, led by Henri, is determined to win the gold medal at the Olympic Games in his country.

France's best performance in the Olympics was the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic gold medal. At that time, France beat Brazil, which was holding out Donga, 2-0 in the final to win the gold medal.

At the 1900 Paris Olympics, which was not an official sport at the time, France lost to its rival Britain and became the silver medalist. Soccer has been an official sport since the 1908 Olympics in London. At the 11924 Paris Olympics, France was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Marking the third Olympic Games in Paris, the Korean national team is one of the best-ever members and aims to win a gold medal in its own country. Already, the national team by age group is full of promising players including Lenny Yoro Lille, Rayan Sherki Olampique Lyon, Matisse Tell Bayern Munich, Bradley Barcola PSG, Leslie Ugochuku Chelsea, Elie Wahi Lens, and Jorginho Rutter Liz United. If there is anything wrong with the national team, the goalkeeper is weak.

In addition, France's 2018 FIFA World Cup winners Mbappe, Griezmann and Giroud are expected to join as wild cards.

Mbappe had already strongly hoped to compete in the Olympics in Paris, his hometown. In January, Mbappe told GQ, a global men's magazine, that he would compete in the Olympics.

Mbappe said at the time, "I have entered another stage in my life and career that I do not have to strongly want anymore. If I am asked to participate in the Olympic team, of course I want to participate. But I will understand even if I do not."

"The Olympics has a special meaning to all athletes. I wanted to go to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. I want to win all the competitions and make a name as the most important player in the history of the French national soccer team," he said, expressing his grand dream.

However, Mbappe expressed concern about the growing number of games in the soccer community. "We are approaching the NBA model, which plays more than 70 games a season. I'm not against playing many games, but we're not going to be able to perform as well as the audience expects every game," he said.

Griezmann also expressed his hope to participate in the Paris Olympics as well as the Euro 2024 qualifiers in June last year. "The national team will have to pull me out in person," Griezmann said at the time, expressing his desire to play in all competitions as much as possible.

Giroud has no experience in national teams by age and has no record of participating in the Olympics as a wild card. Giroud's joining will be a surprise, as he has never mentioned anything about the Olympics.

During the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, France selected a large number of strikers such as Tezi Sabanier, Florien Tobin, and Andre-Pierre Zinac as wild cards, and this tournament is also expected to fill the wild card with only strikers.

Meanwhile, the Korean national team suffered a shock defeat 0-3 at a home exhibition match against the Hwang Sun-hong team in November last year. At the time, Korea faced off against players who played in big leagues such as Matisse Tell, Bradley, and Uchugoku. Korea had a landslide victory with goalkeeper Shin Song-hoon Asan, South Chungcheong Province, multiple goals by Jung Sang-bin Minnesota, and a decisive goal by Hong Yoon-sang Pohang Steelers.

"You can't lose like this. The last two runs are hilarious. You didn't have to give away a free kick for fouling. Of course, the free kick itself was brilliant," Henri said in a statement at the time. "You have to be realistic in soccer. If you create so many chances and don't score, you can be punished. You have to learn that."  토토사이트 추천 Links to an external site.

"It wasn't difficult, but there was more aspiration and fighting compared to the match against Austria. The result was equally terrible. We have to recover and prepare for the U23 squad in March for the new year," he said.

 

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