Asunto: EDF - U17

It's a shame the U17s' journey ends there Yoyogi. Croatia is a strong nation, considering France's potential. I have no doubt you'll do better next time, but it's true that France in this category has rarely made it past the quarter-finals anyway.

Yep, better luck next time !

And in this specific case, it turns out that the groups 3 & 4 were unbalanced. The group 4 was stronger and indeed, in the first round of the play-offs, the 4 teams coming from the group 3 were eliminated.

Entium, samuel92, Aegur (et d'autres qui soutiennent notre représentation) - merci d'avoir toujours été là et d'avoir offert votre aide chaque fois que j'en avais besoin.

Malheureusement, ça n'a pas marché. J'essaierai la saison prochaine.

Inégalités dans les groupes 3 et 4 – c'est vrai. Nous devons encore améliorer notre classement international.

Atteindre les quarts de finale sera difficile. Nous devons constituer une force d’environ 60 points.

J’espère que nous pourrons le faire et améliorer nos résultats la saison prochaine.

N'hésites pas si besoin, Entium et moi, nous connaissons plutôt bien les joueurs français et leurs managers.
Ce sera difficile mais tu peux y arriver. Il faut bien entendu un peu de chance, ce que tu n'as pas eu sur ce 1/8e de finale. Pour moi, tactiquement, tu avais fait les bons choix mais le moteur n'en a pas tenu compte semble t'il.

Be careful with this player Fernando De Faria who is getting more and more unbalanced.

The manager of Les Taureaux Bretons is almost inactive. His players (Fernando De Faria and Jack Fache) have been training only one skill for several days/weeks.

Matchs amicaux approuvés. Le groupe de qualification semble bon. À propos de la Coupe du monde. J’espère que la coordination de nos tactiques m’aidera à surmonter nos lacunes en matière de compétences.

I know. Unfortunately. Sometimes I wonder if it wouldn't be better to call up weaker but better trained players. There are a few teams like in Hungary that are very focused on youth development. You have a good team, but unfortunately there have to be several such teams.

Je vais changer d'approche tactique. Le problème, c'est que je n'aurai probablement pas une équipe équilibrée et solide (comme c'est parfois le cas en Pologne). Je n'entrerai pas dans les détails. Il n'y a que quelques équipes ici où l'on peut trouver de bons joueurs. Je ne donnerai pas plus de détails pour l'instant, afin d'éviter toute suspicion de la part de mes adversaires.
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I will change my approach to tactics. The thing is that I probably won't have a balanced, strong line-up (like sometimes in Poland). I won't go into great detail. There are only a few teams here from which you can take good players. I won't give more details for now, so that the opponents don't get suspicious.

Comment est le niveau ici par rapport à la Pologne ?

Entium and I have already the answer. We keep only well-trained players with relevant heights except very few cases.
And this process is based on trusted managers because the others bring too much uncertainty. In the past, we explained our vision several times and, of course, if some new managers want to join us, they are welcome.
And, to be honest, it does work well with U19 and senior teams even if, sometimes, it can be frustrated to see promising players becoming bust players.
It seems you are taking another way, be careful with that. I would like to be mistaken but you may face bad surprises.

Tough luck, that was very close ! Maybe next time, have faith !