Saliba and Camavinga came out from the Portugal game with high marks but the midfield is still not working

By Luke Entwistle for Get French Football News

Once again Didier Deschamps made changes, once again they had a negligible effect, once again France advanced – rinse and repeat. That is the story of Les Bleus’ Euros so far as they played to type in their latest victory, over Portugal on penalties.

France have scored three goals at the tournament: a penalty and two own goals. They are not right

By Luke Entwistle for Get French Football News

“He feels like he’s seeing things in 3D,” said Didier Deschamps when asked if Kylian Mbappé had adapted to wearing a mask. That’s two more dimensions than his France side.

Despite their various experiments at Euro 2024, they are yet to hit their usual form. Deschamps is not fine tuning on the fly. In light of poor performances, injuries and imbalances in his team, he is being forced to make relatively major structural changes. The results, however, have not varied greatly.