D-2 before France-Australia, serious things will soon begin for our Beus while the World Cup has officially started in joy and joy (no) with a beautiful Qatar-Ecuador (still not). On the French side, the day started with the sly departure of Karim Benzema, a little angel who had returned too quickly, after the announcement of his package the night before.
It’s just a goodbye Karim
It is therefore well and truly over for the Mondial du Nueve. After a short night, the Madrilenian left the Hôtel des Bleus at a time when Ibrahima Konaté and the rest of the group were still sound asleep. We are talking about Konaté because he told us at a press conference that he had only learned of his teammate’s package when he woke up. Conversely, Marcus Thuram, very close to Benzema, waited for the player at the hotel after his express visit to the hospital in Doha, on the night of Saturday to Sunday. The Bron native took the first Qatar Airways flight home at 8:08 a.m., without having been able to say goodbye to all his pals.
Guendouzi attacking?
Questioned by Téléfoot, Didier Deschamps did not wish to call a player in reinforcement to compensate for the departure of the former Lyonnais, which did not prevent him from affirming at the microphone of Téléfoot that he still had eight attackers in the group. Look for the error… The answer to this riddle may be to be found in the composition of the group of players who trained in front of goal during training on Sunday evening. In addition to the usual Mbappé, Griezmann, Coman, Dembélé, Giroud, Thuram and Kolo Muani clique, we were indeed able to see Guendouzi and Koundé. Except that if we count correctly, 7 + 2 = 9. Listen, let’s leave DD to his calculations and move on.
The wind is rising (ok Ken Loach)
And next is the weather. After four muy caliente days, the desert wind began to blow hard on Doha, to the point that we had to take the little Jules autumn/winter collection coat out of the bag to attend the evening session at the Al Sadd stadium. This did not prevent the organizers from turning on the air conditioning for Qatar-Ecuador. And there we say to ourselves that the down jacket lying around in the depths of the closet in Paris might have served us in the end.
The program of the day
On the eve of the match, Didier Deschamps will appear at a press conference accompanied by his captain Hugo Lloris at 12 p.m. sharp (10 a.m. in France). This will not take place at the Al Sadd stadium but at the press center on the outskirts of Doha. The Blues will then train behind closed doors, the last rehearsal with the big first against the “Socceroos”.