France’s Youssouf Fofana prefers to keep the good things about ‘Les Bleus’ as they are in the semi-finals of Euro 2024. The midfielder said he doesn’t care about the criticism because they have made it to the penultimate game of the European Championship.
France midfielder Youssouf Fofana warned on Sunday that, with either Lamine Yamal or Nico Williams, the “danger” of Spain’s Euro 2024 semi-final opponents “can come from anywhere” and remarked that he does not mind people saying his team is not playing well.
“With the Spanish national team, danger can come from anywhere. Nico Williams and Yamal have had a great season, but I expect them to lose on Tuesday,” he said at a press conference in Paderborn, two days before the semi-final against Spain at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
“We have to stay as solid as we have been so far in defence. In the last game against Portugal, Maignan was unbeatable,” said the Monaco midfielder, who has played three of the five games at Euro 2024, all of them as a substitute.
Fofana turned a deaf ear to criticism of France’s play. “Personally, I don’t mind at all. In the end, we’re in the semi-finals,” said the midfielder, who noted that Ousmane Dembele “always brings a smile” out of others.