Azerbaijan v France preview
Ibrahima Konate insisted France will take their closing World Cup qualifier with Azerbaijan significantly regardless of having already clinched qualification.
Didier Deschamps’ facet clinched their spot at the 2026 finals with a 4-0 win over Ukraine final Thursday.
France are unbeaten in Group D, and Konate is eager to make sure they don’t blemish their report in Baku.
“The message is sophisticated however easy on the identical time: each match is essential,” Konate mentioned.
“It’s our job; we have now to get pleasure from it. It’s the nationwide group. We’ll should win the factors and put up stats, too – particularly the attacking gamers.”
Azerbaijan will end backside of the group, having misplaced 2-0 to Iceland final day out.
“We wished to win factors and believed we’d,” Caretaker boss Aykhan Abbasov mentioned of that defeat.
“The power of our opponents was clear – Iceland seemed extra compact collectively, in comparison with Ukraine [2-1 away defeat on October 13].
“We performed higher within the second half and we had alternatives to attain . We’ve the final match towards France and we’ll put together properly for it.”
