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With former French internationals David Ginola, Samir Nasri and Laure Boulleau as well as journalists Gauthier Kuntzmann and Bertrand Latour around presenter Hervé Mathoux, the set of Channel Champions Club on Tuesday, before the matches of the 5th day of the Champions League, returned at length to the choices of Luis Enrique. The PSG coach innovated again for the clash against Bayern in Munich, opting for a 4-4-2 with Ousmane Dembélé and Bradley Barcola up front and Warren Zaire-Emery and Fabian Ruiz in wide midfielders.
Laure Boulleau then explained that she did not really enjoy playing in a 4-4-2 when she was a left side for PSG and the French team. “As I remember, I didn’t like playing 4-4-2 against teams who were supposed to be better than me. As a side, I took more waves, I found that it was much harder for the defense to defend”thus launched the star consultant for broadcasts from the Canal+ sports department.
Laure Boulleau, 65 French selections
The former French international has played numerous high-level matches, having made 65 caps with Les Bleues, being one of the team’s executives during the 2012 London Olympics and the 2015 World Cup. in Canada. She played 35 women’s D1 matches with CNFE Clairefontaine then 181 with PSG from 2005 to 2018, scoring 15 goals, and played 15 women’s Champions League matches with the Rouge et Bleu.
That said, a flat 4-4-2 allows the full-backs to be helped more often by their respective wide midfielders in the defensive phase. It is in 4-3-3, 4-4-2 diamond, 3-5-2 or 3-4-2-1 that the full-backs can find themselves in one-on-one or facing two opposing players in the corridor , only being helped at times by one of the team’s relay midfielders.
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