Thierry Henry, coach of the French Olympic team, warned his players of the great danger posed by the Egyptian team, as the “Roosters” prepare to face coach Rogerio Micale’s squad in the semi-finals. Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
And achieved Egypt national team A historic achievement by qualifying for the semi-finals for the third time, with a hard-fought victory over Paraguay on penalties 5-4, after a 1-1 draw in regular and extra time, while the French national team qualified for the semi-finals on its home ground and in front of its fans, led by coach Thierry Henry, by defeating Argentina 1-0.
Thierry Henry warns his players of the danger of the Pharaohs
Henry said in statements reported by the network:essentiallysports“It will be a tough match against the Egyptian national team, which is full of talented players in all lines. Our next match against Egypt will be a very difficult match. We have to study the opponent’s strengths and weaknesses well, and work to exploit their mistakes. We know that the Egyptian national team relies on quick counterattacks, so we have to be careful in our defense.”
He added: “We are one team, our goal is one, which is to achieve the fans’ dream and qualify for the final. We will fight together as brothers, and we will support each other in every step. We know that unity is the secret of our strength, we know that playing on our home ground and among our fans will give us a strong push, and we will use this factor to our advantage.”
France, the host country of the Olympics, is counting on the legend Thierry Henry to repeat a golden achievement that has been absent from its coffers for 40 years, as the French hope that Henry, as the national team coach, will contribute to leading French roosters To the podium, just as Henri Michel did in Los Angeles in 1984.
While Brazilian Rogerio Micale hopes to lead the Pharaohs Olympic team to win a medal in the football competition during the Paris Olympics, knowing that the best achievement of the Egyptians in the Olympic Games was taking fourth place twice, the first in the Amsterdam Games in 1928 and the second in the Tokyo Olympics in 1968.
The Arabs have been assured of winning at least one Olympic medal in football for the first time, after the Moroccan national team also qualified for the semi-finals, with a crushing victory over the United States of America by four goals, to set up a date with Spain.
