Despite having a very good scoring record for the French team, Kylian Mbappe still has not scored any goals in the Euro. Therefore, the 25-year-old striker is very determined to score a goal in his debut match at Euro 2024 when Les Bleus meets Austria.

Kylian Mbappe (left) is determined to score against Austria in his opening match

Euro 2024 is Kylian Mbappe’s fourth major tournament. This 25-year-old striker had 4 goals in the 2018 World Cup, which France won after defeating Croatia. PSG’s main striker won the title of World Cup 2022 top scorer with 5 goals when France finished second after losing to Argentina in the final. In Euro 2021 alone, Mbappe did not have any goals after 14 shots on target, and could not even score in the penalty shootout with Switzerland in the knock-out round.

Saying that, we can see Mbappe’s great desire before the match against Austria in the opening match at Euro 2024. Although he was absent from the French team’s training session on Friday due to a virus infection, the captain will certainly be present in the team. Coach Didier Deschamps’ starting image. The French press predicts that Mbappe will no longer play on the sideline like before because he needs to stay inside to support the center position. Olivier Giroud is 38 years old so he doesn’t have enough physical strength to play the entire match. Meanwhile, Marcus Thuram has not really convinced coach Deschamps to play highest in the attack even though the striker just had a very successful season with Inter Milan in Serie A.

Les Bleus’ attacking trio with Mbappe, Antonie Griezmann and Thuram is very formidable. End of 2023-2024 season: Mbappe has 27 goals and 7 assists for PSG in Ligue 1, Griezmann has 16 goals and 7 assists for Atletico Madrid and Thuram has 13 goals and 9 assists in the first season at Inter Milan. Meanwhile, Austria’s attack is less convincing: Michael Gregoritsch only has 7 goals for Freiburg, Romano Schmid has 4 goals for Bremen, Christoph Baumgartner has 5 goals for Leipzig and Marko Arnautovic is only a substitute for Thuram at Inter Milan. 5 tables.

Coach Ralf Rangnick certainly chose a defensive style of play in the hope of preventing Mbappe’s desire to score. However, the difficulty for this German coach is losing captain David Alaba for the entire Euro period due to injury and not being able to recover in time. There are two more pillars struggling with injuries: Stefan Posch tried to play even though his knee was still sore and Gernot Trauner was absent from the last training session.

Facing a weaker opponent and Austria’s patchy defense, France has even more reason to maintain a fast, attacking style of play. Previously, only Mbappe could accelerate at 36.08km/h in the group of 30 fastest players in the world in 2024, but now France’s starting lineup has Thuram with a slightly lower speed of 32km/h. also put the Austrian defense under great pressure during counterattacks. There is a high possibility that France will have a goal to break the deadlock early and Mbappe will achieve his goal of having his first goal in two European football finals.

Direct confrontation:

September 23, 2022 France – Austria 2-0 Nations LeagueJune 11, 2022 Austria – France 1-1 Nations LeagueOctober 15, 2009 France – Austria 3-1 World Cup 2010September 7, 2008 Austria – France 3 -1 2010 World Cup VLMarch 29, 2007 France – Austria 1-0 Friendly

Probable teams:

ÁO (4-2-3-1): Patrick Pentz – Stefan Posch, Kevin Danso, Maximilian Wober, Phillipp Mwene – Nicolas Siewald, Florian Grillitsch – Konrad Laimer, Marcel Sabitzer, Christoph Baumgartner – Michael Gregoritsch

PHÁP (4-2-3-1): Mike Maignan – Jules Kounde, William Saliba, Dayot Upamecano, Theo Hernandez – N’Golo Kante, Adrien Rabiot – Ousmane Dembele, Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe – Marcus Thuram