Ex-Nigeria Coach Sunday Oliseh Tips France to Win Euro 2024

• Former Super Eagles head coach, Sunday Oliseh, is rooting for France to win the 2024 European Championship ongoing in Germany
• Didier Deschamps’ side kicked off their Euro 2024 campaign with a slim 1-0 victory over Austria on Monday, June 17
• France is one of the most successful nations at the European Championship, having won two titles in 1984 and 2000

France has been picked as the favourite team to win the 2024 European Championship after grinding out a win in their opening group game against Austria on Monday, June 17.

Les Blues last won Europe’s biggest international football competition 24 years ago and needed an own goal from Austrian defender Maximilian Wöber to secure a narrow 1-0 win in their first group game.

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According to Complete Sports, former Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh has backed France to emerge as European champions for the third time due to the influence of midfielder N'Golo Kante.

“The “Gigantic Alien of Football” is back!! what a pleasure to watch one of my favourite defensive midfielders of all times, N'Golo Kante back to International football for France yesterday,” Oliseh wrote on X.

“I now feel France is a real favourite to win the Euros!!”

France is one of the most successful nations in the European Championship, having won two titles in 1984 and 2000, and finished as runners-up in 2016.

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Meanwhile, Didier Deschamps has confirmed France's captain, Kylian Mbappe, will be forced to undergo surgery on the broken nose after he was rushed to hospital after the horrific injury, GOAL reports.

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The new Real Madrid attacker collided with opposing defender Kevin Danso, which left the French skipper with a bloodied nose and a risk of missing the rest of the tournament.

Mbappe is expected to be sidelined for at least 15 days which means that he could be absent for France until the quarter-final stage.

Deschamps hails excellent Kante display

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Deschamps was full of praise for Kante after his Man of the Match performance in the victory over Austria.

The two-time world champions laboured to a 1-0 victory in Group D's opener to get off to a winning start at the European Championship in Germany.

Kante produced a critical interception five minutes from time to help France withstand a late onslaught by their opponents.