Giroud, Griezmann, Mbappe, Coman, Dembele, Lemar, Benzema, Thuram, or Yedder - Who would you use during Euro 2020 if you were Deschamps?

The French coach Didier Deschamps is having a luxury problem looking at the attackers at his disposition during the European Championship in football. Their first match in the tournament will be played against Germany on June 15th, starting at 21.00. In other words, it will not be an easy match, and they will for sure need the speed of Mbappe, but who will accompany him on the top? But, is it even so obvious that Mbappe will start for the French team? What do you think?

I just looked at the German and the French squads that Joachim Low and Didier Deschamps have decided to bring along to the European Championship in football. The biggest surprise might actually be the return of Karim Benzema, something that might come useful considering that he has had a quite fantastic season in Real Madrid.

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But, I don't believe it will be easy for Didier to select which players to use. Just look at this list of attackers:

  • Olivier Giroud, (Chelsea)
  • Antoine Griezmann, (Barcelona)
  • Kylian Mbappé, (Paris Saint-Germain)
  • Kingsley Coman, (Bayern Munich)
  • Thomas Lemar, (Atletico Madrid)
  • Ousmane Dembele, (Barcelona)
  • Wissam Ben Yedder, (Monaco)
  • Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
  • Marcus Thuram (Borussia Monchengladbach)

Who would you pick? Who would I pick?

To be honest, this is a really tough question. Somehow, I feel like Kylian Mbappe is quite obvious, simply because he is so good at scoring goals and he has a speed nobody else in the team has. But, who will play together with him?

I am not a big fan of Griezmann, but he is always a dangerous attacker... quite similar to Karim Benzema. But, let us not forget about Kingsley Coman. He might be a player quite similar to Kylian Mbappe; he is very fast, he is really good with the ball, and he is capable of tricking an entire defensive line all by himself. The fact that he plays in Germany might be considered an advantage as well!

I don't believe Giroud will have a chance to be in the starting eleven, neither Dembele, Lemar, Ben Yedder, nor Thuram... even though they are all great players.

In other words, it will be a selection between Mbappe, Griezmann, Coman, and Benzema. It depends a bit on which strategy Deschamps will use, but I could easily see an attacking line with three players, with Mbappe and Coman on the wings, and Griezmann or Benzema in the middle.

What do you think? I would love to hear your considerations and thoughts! :)



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All of them are very ok but let just pray that there will be no injury in the team .

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Looking forward to seeing Kante and Griezmann

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I am curious about how Deschamps will pick - personally, I am not so sure that Griezmann is a much better pick than Benzema...

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Benzema no doubt is good, but if Griezmann is placed at the position suitable for him, I believe he will perform well.

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I guess even I would score some goals if I came from France and if I was surrounded by players like Mbappe and Coman :) But, it might be that Griezmann (or Benzema) will score even more goals than I would!

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i would personally pick benzema ahead. he is more clinical. he will also want to prove a point after been away for so long

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I think I might agree with you on this. By the way, was he away because he didn't want to play for France or because he was never picked to play for France?

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By been away I mean he didn't get to play for his national side as he wasn't picked due the vaulbuena incident

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It has been 6 years since Benzema got selected. 6 years. Mbappe was 16 years old, last time Karim Benzema played for France.

Suffice to say, that France is now divided. A lot of people hate him, because he isn't the epitome of "the French", he even admits not liking french people, and would prefer play for Algeria. Again very representative of the country, the frenchs hate their heroes, and people that managed to be successful outside of the French realm

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Thanks for sharing... I didn't really know why he didn't play for France, but I guess I get the feeling now! The French people are one of a kind. I remember walking inside Louvre many years ago, and in one of the most famous museums in the world, they still only manage to write things in French. Not very tourist-friendly, but the French people are one of a kind! :)

I am curious to see if Benzema will get to play or not! Not many days left now!

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Yeah you mean the Frenchs are assholes haha. Yep...

To be fair, I live here, but we don't mingle much with the locals since we arrived, we have few English friends and from US. Thanks for your politeness, they are one of a kind, for better or for worse, and it's very often for the worse.

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I agree with what you are saying. Griezmann has been extremely important for France in both the World Cup of 2018 and the UEFA Euro of 2016 that they lost in the final. I believe the main attacking trio will be Griezmann + Benzema + Mbappe. However, adding a fast player to play as winger such as Coman or Dembele doesn't sound bad at all. It would be hard to choose between Griezmann and Benzema, in my opinion, I would choose Griezmann because he has been playing with these players for longer.

I am not sure why you would prefer Coman over Dembele. I know that for me, choosing between these 2 players would be extremely hard. The rest of the attacking players you mentioned have no chance of being in the lineup. So for me, I expect to see 3 of these in the lineup: Griezmann, Benzema, Mbappe, Dembele, and Coman.

France is looking super strong and I cannot imagine a team defeating them. They have good players in all positions!

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