Come on Minutos and Minutas, more than a sleep and we will be done with this almost endless week of waiting before the quarter-final of the Blues against England. We are starting to find the time long, the players too. And the monotony of the days of the France team sometimes poses a problem for us to feed this newspaper. But we’ll still find you something to snack on.
Fofana rehabilitates shadow workers
Very comfortable during the press conference of the day, Youssouf Fofana skilfully distilled a few short messages, explaining in particular that “Kylian Mbappé does not read the press, sorry for you” (we will recover from it), and returned tribute to these shadow workers less highlighted by the media during this World Cup. Like Aurélien Tchouaméni, his former middle friend at AS Monaco. “We play in a football show. When a player doesn’t do something spectacular, he gives the impression of being right there on the pitch, but Aurélien does exceptional work behind the scenes, he said. He really runs a lot. It allows the other two circles (Rabiot and Griezmann) to project themselves without asking questions. I find that his work is not valued enough. Since the start of the competition, he has been very consistent. »
Olivier Giroud’s top goals in Blue
Since the news has been very, very calm in the last few hours, we decided to share this little tweet from the France team, which served us some of Olivier Giroud’s best goals in Blue as a reminder. aperitif before Saturday’s quarter. Here, a small preference for this marvel of the outside ‘left foot against Sweden in 2017. Zlatan in the gesture.
Upamecano gives voice
Amazing since the start of the World Cup when until then he had never achieved a successful performance in Blue, unlike what he achieved on the side of Bayern, Dayot Upamecano knows that he has the coach’s confidence, which may have something to do with the serenity he exudes on the pitch. ” He [Deschamps] told me that I had a role in the team and that I needed to speak on the pitch for that. I see the field, I have the game in front of me, I am a defender so I am able to speak. I do it at Bayern so why can’t I do it here? he asked. But do it boy, do it.
The Blues work on free kicks
Targeted as one of the weaknesses of the French team, defensive free kicks should be on the menu for the next training sessions, as was already the case on Thursday evening. “We talked about it a lot with our coach, we talked about it in training. It is important to defend well on set pieces, not to be stopped, ”reacted the Munich central defender.
The program of the day
Didier Deschamps and Hugo Lloris will travel to the Doha Convention Center for the traditional pre-match press conference before returning to the hotel and leaving at the end of the day for a very last training session before the quarter of Saturday final.