Adil Rami is not a big fan of the Argentines. Finally, Lionel Messi, yes, but for the rest the general attitude of the Albiceleste did not please the 2018 world champion, consultant to TF1 for this edition. Guest of the show Daily Thursday evening, three days before the long-awaited grand final, the defender said all the bad things he thought about the opponent of the France team.
“I don’t like this Argentinian team,” he explained. I really like Lionel Messi. I love everything about this player. He’s a legend and one of the best players of all time for me. But the image that the Argentine team showed during this World Cup with a lot of aggressiveness, wickedness, and non-fair play… It didn’t show a good image. »
Rami no doubt kept in mind the stormy end of the match in the quarter-final against the Netherlands, where the Argentinians were seen howling their joy as they turned ostensibly to the beaten as soon as the penalty shoot-out ended . A match already tainted by the more than muscular entry into play of Leandro Paredes, author of a butcher-shooting tackle combo towards the Dutch bench which could (should?) have earned him a red card.
“I don’t want to target players but for example Paredes, took over the current player from Troyes. We will surely say that it is because I am from Marseille and I do not like Parisians, but the image that Paredes shows, I do not like at all. “He is certainly not the only one, but that gives the Argentines a good leg up. Kylian Mbappé has an interest in shielding himself mentally for Sunday.