http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 forward admits that reigning World and European Champions Spain will be favourites against Les Bleus when the two sides meet in the knockout stages of the European Championship
France’s 23-game unbeaten run came to an end in Kiev following their dismal 2-0 defeat by the hands of a ruthless Sweden side. On Saturday, Laurent Blanc's men will face Spain in the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 and the Real Madrid man knows that France have
no chance of defeating http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 del Bosque’s side if Les Bleus play like they did against Sweden in Donetsk.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Karim-Benzema-c20350 believes that Spain are in great form at the moment and they have several experienced players in their side unlike France. The Frenchman feels no hesitancy to admit that La Roja have more chance of progressing to semi-finals than France.
Les Bleus were in top form and were on an impressive 23-match unbeaten run before the match against Sweden. However http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015 thrashed Laurent Blanc’s men in their last group fixture and Benzema has revealed that the moral of the team is very low at the moment.
Karim Benzema has conceded that the performance of his side against an already-eliminated Sweden side was far from satisfactory and rapid improvement is required if France want to progress any further in the competition.
"We console ourselves with the qualification, but if we want to do something in this European Championship, we cannot reproduce this kind of performance."
The 24-year-old stated that not many players performed well in the match against Sweden. Expect from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hugo-Lloris-c16408, who made some spectacular saves to keep France’s hopes of a comeback alive.
On a question of meeting http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 in the quarter-finals, Benzema said that it is obvious that the Spanish side are the better of the two and are clear favourites as they are one of the best teams in the world.
"The belief and the trust in one another is still there, but now we must rest and then quickly get back to work."
France’s much-anticipated match against La Furia Roja will take place in Donetsk on Saturday.
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