Football game - French provisional Olympic squad includes Bayern forward Tel.
19-year-old footballer from Bayern Munich, Sturmer Mathys, has a chance to join the Olympic Games. The French Football Association has revealed their preliminary squad for the games happening from July 24 to August 10, and Mathys is a part of it. There will be 25 players in the team, but this will be reduced to 18.
Apart from Mathys, RB Leipzig's Castello Lukeba, SC Freiburg's Kiliann Sildilla, Borussia Mönchengladbach's Manu Kone, and VfB Stuttgart's Enzo Millot are also in the list. They were chosen by coach Thierry Henry alongside others.
France's upcoming opponents in the group stage of the Olympics are Colombia, Canada, and New Zealand. The Olympic Games allow U23 teams, but each team is permitted to have three older players.
French Football Association's announcement: https://www.fff.fr/french-team/
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- Sturmer Mathys, a promising 19-year-old forward from FC Bayern Munich, aspires to represent his country at the Olympic Games.
- Despite being primarily a Bundesliga team, FC Bayern Munich has a historical connection to the Olympics, with a street in Munich named Olympia.
- If selected, Mathys would join other notable German players like Castello Lukeba (RB Leipzig) and Kiliann Sildilla (SC Freiburg) in the French squad for the Olympics, held in Paris.
- Notably, France's soccer team will face tough opposition in Colombia, Canada, and New Zealand during the group stage of the Olympics, which coincidentally takes place during the Bundesliga's summer break.
- Meanwhile, FC Bayern Munich will resume their Bundesliga schedule after the Olympics, aiming to maintain their dominance in German soccer, much like they did in their legendary 1972 victory over France at the Munich Olympic Games.
