FWC-France-FFT
Food for thought: France going forward:-
Taking advantage of every set-piece and dead-ball offered to them will be a big part of how France expose oppositions’ off-moments. Both of their main strikers possess enough strength and power to position themselves in dangerous areas to score goals once they receive the ball.
However, it is rather quite clear that Deschamps has been unable to accommodate Benzema and Giroud playing together at the same time. It would be a surprise to see them both in attack simultaneously and rather counter-productive to France’s offensive strategy.
Whether or not France succeed in this WC will largely depend on how Benzema and/or Giroud compose themselves in front of goal and also how Deschamps sets them up in a way to maximize their attacking potential; because each striker has a different approach when going forward and, while they have a good number of similarities, there exists a stark difference between them in their positional play and the way they handle the ball at their feet.
Benzema is more of an out-and-out striker, a real “fox in the box” who always has one thing on his mind, namely to put the ball in the back of the net. Giroud, on the other hand, is a very technical striker, a “modern” type of forward player, who is used to playing all over the field and enjoys having possession, holding up play and even assisting his team-mates with scoring goals. Both, on the other hand, are extremely well in the air and have a great physicality about their play; something which might tempt Deschamps to deploy them against more physical opposition.
For a Benzema-Giroud partnership to bear fruit at the WC, they must complement each other’s attributes and attacking qualities. A task seemingly easier said than done and, in such a short period of time that a pre-WC camp offers, it will be quite difficult to meld those strikers together.
An important talking point is whether or not Franck Ribéry will be 100% fit (given his recent back injury) and in-form come the 12th of June 2014. He will play a fundamental role in France’s chances of going far in the competition and there is no better way for him to bounce-back from his, personal, Ballon D’Or “defeat” than to arrive at THE biggest footballing stage and produce some scintillating performances to carry his entire tean into the latter stages of the WC.
Taking advantage of every set-piece and dead-ball offered to them will be a big part of how France expose oppositions’ off-moments. Both of their main strikers possess enough strength and power to position themselves in dangerous areas to score goals once they receive the ball.
However, it is rather quite clear that Deschamps has been unable to accommodate Benzema and Giroud playing together at the same time. It would be a surprise to see them both in attack simultaneously and rather counter-productive to France’s offensive strategy.
Whether or not France succeed in this WC will largely depend on how Benzema and/or Giroud compose themselves in front of goal and also how Deschamps sets them up in a way to maximize their attacking potential; because each striker has a different approach when going forward and, while they have a good number of similarities, there exists a stark difference between them in their positional play and the way they handle the ball at their feet.
Benzema is more of an out-and-out striker, a real “fox in the box” who always has one thing on his mind, namely to put the ball in the back of the net. Giroud, on the other hand, is a very technical striker, a “modern” type of forward player, who is used to playing all over the field and enjoys having possession, holding up play and even assisting his team-mates with scoring goals. Both, on the other hand, are extremely well in the air and have a great physicality about their play; something which might tempt Deschamps to deploy them against more physical opposition.
For a Benzema-Giroud partnership to bear fruit at the WC, they must complement each other’s attributes and attacking qualities. A task seemingly easier said than done and, in such a short period of time that a pre-WC camp offers, it will be quite difficult to meld those strikers together.
An important talking point is whether or not Franck Ribéry will be 100% fit (given his recent back injury) and in-form come the 12th of June 2014. He will play a fundamental role in France’s chances of going far in the competition and there is no better way for him to bounce-back from his, personal, Ballon D’Or “defeat” than to arrive at THE biggest footballing stage and produce some scintillating performances to carry his entire tean into the latter stages of the WC.
Ahmad Al-Omar - 24. May, 05:11
