A day like any other in the life of the Blues in Doha. Two days before the match against Denmark, which can already qualify us for the round of 16 if they win, Mattéo Guendouzi and Marcus Thuram appeared at a press conference. The training that followed was open to the media, so we were able to witness the premature exit of Kingsley Coman (as a precaution, don’t worry).
Marcus bedroom the dad (and it makes us laugh)
Legacy obliges, there was a lot of talk about Lilian Thuram Thursday in the press room of the Al Sadd stadium when the son, Marcus, appeared against us. When a colleague asked him if he wasn’t tired of us talking about his father all the time, the Mönchengladbach striker managed the suspense: “Do you want me to answer you frankly? “. General agreement from the room. “No, not at all”, he laughed before adding a layer. My father, I have known him since childhood. “At ease in the media exercise, although short in his answers, Marcus Thuram did not hesitate to chamber the daron by specifying, after a question on his exploit in the semi-final against Croatia in 98: “So already, he did not score these two goals on purpose! “. New general laughter.
“Where are the French? »
Before finding the Blues in conf, we went for a walk in search of fans of PSG and Mbappé, these two entities being their properties if we dare say. On the way, failing to find what we had come looking for, we were amazed not to cross paths with a single French supporter, except Clément d’Antibes responding to a Qatari TV channel. In the street, a Saudi in traditional dress: “Where are the French? “. We do not know.
Coman shortens his session (as planned)
Tipped to start the match against Denmark on Saturday, in place of an Ousmane Dembélé offering less certainty in the defensive withdrawal, Kingsley Coman did not participate in all of the Blues training Thursday evening. The Bayern Munich striker left his friends after the warm-up. Pure precaution according to the staff because it had felt an alert to adductors the day before. After Lucas Hernandez’s package, the slightest boo now puts us in an impossible stress. It’s gotta hold, huh, Kingsley!
The program of the day
On the eve of the second group game against the Danes, Didier Deschamps and his faithful captain Hugo Lloris will present themselves to the media from the Doha press centre. The Blues will then train in their official lair at 6 p.m., before returning to the hotel for a big sleep, dreaming of the 3-0 they will put the next day to our recent executioners.