France coach Didier Deschamps claimed it s not as bad as 2021 after Les Bleus discovered their Euro 2024 group-stage opponents.
Deschamps team were drawn into Group D during Saturday s draw in Hamburg.
France will face Austria, the Netherlands – who they beat twice in qualifying – and one of Poland, Wales, Finland or Estonia.
Les Bleus disappointed at the delayed Euro 2020 in 2021, going out to Switzerland on penalties in the last 16.
That was after they edged through a challenging group which included Hungary, Germany and Portugal.
It s going to be difficult, Deschamps told TMC.
The pot three team we ll be facing is the Netherlands. We won both our games against them [in qualifying] but it makes our group harder.
We also fa…