Only a few more turns of the clock, children! The Blues face Poland in the round of 16 of the World Cup this Sunday at 4 p.m. at Al-Thumama stadium, in the south of Doha. To wait patiently, we invite you to take a look at what has happened in the life of the Blues in the last 24 hours.
DD did not mention France-Switzerland 2021…
Rather relaxed in the pre-match press conference, Saturday noon, Didier Deschamps explained that he had not returned to the elimination of the Blues during the last Euro against Switzerland. “Talking about the past… Especially a past as positive as this… I don’t see the point, except to say that the players who have known it don’t want to relive the same sensations, a he explained. I don’t fall into a routine but you shouldn’t add to it either, otherwise we’ll bring what I don’t want, that is to say more stress. “This does not prevent the coach from having had, according to Hugo Lloris, spent a few minutes before him in conf, “important words in the preparation for this match against Poland”. Which ? Mystery.
…Lloris, if
The captain of the Blues, who we found less plan-plan than usual for the day before a match, spoke of the lessons of this early elimination on the side of Bucharest. “In such an important game, we can’t relax, we can’t get out of the game or lose focus,” Lloris said. These are matches that you have to play fully at all levels, whether on the physical aspect, the athletic aspect, the psychological aspect. These are such intense matches, if you start to relax at some point in the match you can let the opponent take over. That’s why we often repeat it between us, he doesn’t let anything go, whatever the scenario of the match. »
Lloris will join Lilian Thuram
This Sunday, the Tottenham goalkeeper will enter a little more into the history of the Blues since he will equal Lilian Thuram, record holder of selections in the France team. If he admitted that “it’s not nothing” and that he was “very honored and proud” to reach 142 selections, Lloris however put that aside. “Competition comes first,” he insisted. I want to keep my focus on the match, we need all our energy. I will appreciate this record more once the competition is over, hoping that it will be as late as possible”.
Mbappé has a thought for Pelé
While Pelé seems in bad shape (he would be in palliative care at Albert-Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo), Kylian Mbappé wanted to show him all his support, he who has special ties with the King through their common sponsor, a famous watch brand.
Macron gives his prediction (great, huh?!)
The President of the Republic, who entrusted the Parisian that he had Deschamps on the phone after each match of the Blues, gave his prediction for the match against Poland. The score ? Biiiiiiiiiiiiiip. well yeah, it seems that football should not be politicized, it was he himself who asked for it. We follow the orders of our raïs, neither more nor less.