The coach's commentary is absolutely worthwhile for the match of the 1/8 finals of Euro 2024.

The head coach of the French national team, Didier Deschamps, came up with his thoughts on the match against Belgium.

“We are entering a new phase of the championship, the tournament in the middle of the tournament,” the official UEFA website quotes Didie.

" Teams that have passed the group stage are better than those who went home. All on the right at the open gate in front of someone else's gate. If you want to overcome, you need to score, but we didn’t intimidate. Targets both the shortest teams and the shortest attacking forces.

We can prepare for a potential penalty shootout.

We have, in our own order, complete information about our competitors, and we also know who we are working on. But my task is to work in such a way that the right does not reach the 11-meter.

I don’t comment on those who scared us or didn’t shy away from wound training. I’m working as hard as I can to put a team in the match that will be in the best shape and make their opponent’s life a smooth one, and also stand up well in the back."

The match between the national teams of Belgium and France will start on 1 day at 19:00 Kyiv time.