By reaching the finals of the World Cup for the second time in a row, France showed that it is currently one of the strongest teams in the world. This generation looks really phenomenal, and considering that it is led by mostly young players, especially Mbappe, I am sure that they will be the main candidates for winning the trophy in the future. Since the end of the World Cup in Qatar, the team has undergone certain changes. Lloris, Benzema and Varane have withdrawn from the squad, but France is full of top players who can make up for their absences. Because of all these changes, the captain's armband went to Mbappe, which in my opinion is a very good thing. Although he is only 24 years old and there are players in the team who are older than him, Mbappe shows a huge desire to win in all games and with his energy he can very well grow into a great leader of his team. The first match of these qualifications will be the most difficult for the French, because they will be visited by the Netherlands, a team that, along with them, is the main favorite to qualify for the EURO. In addition to them, Ireland, Greece and Gibraltar are also in the group, and already at first glance it is clear who are the favorites in the group. In my opinion, France is definitely the favorite in this match because they really look strong on the field and the team is a combination of experienced and very good young players. The advantage for them is playing on their home field, where they have not lost in the last 9 matches for the EURO qualifiers (7 wins and 2 draws). The fans will certainly give their team a lot of support in the first game at home against Qatar. Looking at matches from recent history, the superiority of the French is very noticeable. In the last 6 matches, they have 5 wins and only one loss. They experienced that defeat in the Nations League, but it is a competition that most top national teams do not take too seriously, and I think that defeat should not be given too much importance.

The Netherlands suffered the same fate as France in Qatar, as they also ended their participation in the World Cup after a penalties against Argentina. Although they finished top of their group at the World Cup, which really wasn't unexpected against Senegal, Ecuador and Qatar, the Netherlands really didn't make a particularly good impression considering the kind of squad they have at their disposal. It was expected that they would be much more dominant, as the odds before the games indicated, but they were far from that. For example, in the game against Ecuador, which ended 1-1, they had only one shot on goal and were in a completely subordinate position during 90 minutes. Despite the 2-0 score against Senegal, they did not excel in that game either and only managed to break the opposition's resistance in the 84th minute. In this match, they will have to give more than 100% of their abilities if they want to win a good result. Similar to France, significant changes took place in the Netherlands after Qatar. Louis van Gaal is no longer the coach of this team and the legendary Koeman has been brought in his place. It will certainly make the Netherlands more offensive, at least it should be, but whether it will be visible already in the first game against such an opponent remains to be seen. The midfield of the Netherlands will be significantly weakened by the absence of Frenkie de Jong, who has a great influence on this team. We can expect an exciting match, but I think that France is a much better team at the moment and that the Netherlands still needs to get used to the style of play of the new coach.

通过连续第二次进入世界杯决赛圈，法国表明它是目前世界上最强大的球队之一。这一代看起来真的很现象级，而且考虑到以年轻球员为主，尤其是姆巴佩，我相信他们将是未来夺冠的主要人选。自从卡塔尔世界杯结束后，球队发生了一定的变化。洛里、本泽马和瓦拉内已经退出大名单，但法国有很多顶级球员可以弥补他们的缺席。因为这一切的变化，队长袖标给了姆巴佩，这在我看来是一件非常好的事情。尽管他只有24岁，而且队中还有比他年长的球员，但姆巴佩在所有比赛中都表现出巨大的求胜欲望，以他的能量，他很可能成长为球队的伟大领袖。这些资格赛的第一场比赛对法国人来说将是最困难的，因为他们将被荷兰队，与他们一起，是获得欧洲杯资格的主要热门球队。除了他们之外，爱尔兰、希腊和直布罗陀也在小组中，谁是小组中的夺冠热门一目了然。在我看来，法国队绝对是这场比赛的夺冠大热门，因为他们在场上看起来真的很强，而且这支球队由经验丰富且非常优秀的年轻球员组成。他们的优势是在主场作战，他们在最近 9 场欧洲杯预选赛中没有输过球（7 胜 2 平）。首场主场对阵卡塔尔的比赛，球迷们肯定会给自己的球队很大的支持。从最近的历史比赛来看，法国人的优势非常明显。在最近的6场比赛中，他们取得了5胜1负的成绩。他们经历了欧国联的那场失利，但这是大多数顶级国家队都不太重视的比赛，我认为失利不应该太过分非常重要。

荷兰在卡塔尔遭遇了与法国相同的命运，因为他们在对阿根廷的点球大战后也结束了参加世界杯的资格。尽管他们在世界杯上以小组第一的成绩出线，这在对阵塞内加尔、厄瓜多尔和卡塔尔的比赛中并不出人意料，但考虑到他们所拥有的阵容，荷兰确实没有给人留下特别好的印象。正如赛前的赔率所表明的那样，人们预计他们会更具统治力，但事实并非如此。比如在1-1战平厄瓜多尔的比赛中，他们在90分钟内只有1次射正，完全处于从属地位。尽管2-0战胜了塞内加尔，但他们在那场比赛中同样表现不佳，直到第84分钟才破门而入。这场比赛，他们要想取得好成绩，就得付出100%以上的能力。与法国相似，显着变化卡塔尔之后在荷兰举行。路易斯·范加尔不再是这支球队的主帅，传奇人物科曼已经取而代之。这肯定会让荷兰更具进攻性，至少应该如此，但它是否会在第一场对阵这样的对手的比赛中就已经可见还有待观察。荷兰的中场会因为弗兰基-德容的缺阵而明显削弱，他对这支球队的影响很大。我们可以期待一场激动人心的比赛，但我认为法国目前是一支更好的球队，荷兰仍然需要适应新教练的比赛风格。