From our special correspondent in Bucharest,
We cannot tell you if Presnel Kimpembe had posters of Lorie (or Jean-Pierre Raffarin) in his bedroom as a teenager, but what is certain is that the central defender of the Blues is the cantor n ° 1 of the “positive attitude” during this Euro 2021. Asked at a press conference this Saturday on the scorching conditions that the Blues have known since the start of the competition, and which do not seem to be able to change an inch since It is still very, very hot in Bucharest, the Parisian titi did not want to play the Calimero.
“It’s sure it’s very hot. But it’s the same for everyone. The most important thing: knowing how to hydrate well, recover in order to continue the matches. It’s not easy but we prefer it to be hot than cold, ”he said, before being relaunched by a colleague who pointed out to him that in the event of a good trip, the Blues would surely be brought to play teams that have been spared by the dodger.
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But again, Presko pretended not to understand: “It’s the same for both teams.” Well, not necessarily, since teams like England for example have never had to play in temperatures bordering on sunstroke. “It is true that it is fatigue, but we are not going to find excuses for that”, he finally admitted half-heartedly.
And concerning the reception conditions, which we know to be more or less precarious in their hotels in Budapest and Bucharest where, between air conditioning concerns, bedding not always top level and the fiesta of Romanian students on Friday evening at the foot of their hotel, the conditions are not necessarily met to recover at best between matches? “We have the chance to do our job, we are not going to complain,” he said. We have no problem with that. We know that we are privileged, especially in this difficult period. We don’t complain. We are in good conditions. We could have much worse, we are fine. “
(Almost) no complaints
Knowing that they have been observed (and judged) from everywhere since the advent of social networks, whether by politicians or the general public, who always demand more examples from them in view of their ultra-privileged situation, the footballers of the France team seem to have fully understood that the time was not for complaints. Finally, except against the press which, according to Kimpembe, seems to be choosy with regard to the course of the Blues during this first round.
“To come out first of the group of death, I take. That’s okay, he asked before returning the question to the journalist who had just interviewed him. If I ask you: between finishing first with a few problems, or second and third with a good game, or even eliminated, your answer? At some point, you have to put things into perspective and take the bright side of things. »Ok Baloo.