Good news ! The twenty-four France players were present on Saturday for the last training session before the World Cup final against Argentina, notably the returns of Raphaël Varane, Ibrahima Konaté and Kingsley Coman, who had been ill and absent the day before.
The reigning world champions turned up in full for the first quarter of an hour open to the media on Saturday in Doha. Teo Hernandez (knee) e Aurelien Tchouameni (hip), spared on Friday due to bruises, according to the Federation, have made their comeback. Several players of the French squad have been affected by a virus in recent days.
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Dayot Upamecano, Adrien Rabiot and Kingsley Coman they were the first to show symptoms, which prevented them from participating in Wednesday night’s semi-final against Morocco (2-0). The disease then caught up Soon et Konato, the two starters in the axis of defense against the Atlas Lions. On Friday they missed training, “saved” as a precaution according to the management.
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“We make sure to take as many precautions as possible, to adapt, to deal with it without going overboard anywhere”Didier Deschamps commented at the start of the day at the press conference, referring to “different situations that are not similar” depending on the players.
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Sanitary precautions have been taken at the Hotel des Bleus, with the provision of hydroalcoholic gel, respect for barrier gestures and isolation of contaminated players. But the screening tests for Covid-19 are no longer imposed by FIFA, organizer of the tournament. “We are never prepared for this kind of thing, but we try to prepare ourselves in the best way possible”for his part, Captain Hugo Lloris assured the press. “These are dangers. But that doesn’t take away the concentration, the emotion you can have on the eve of a World Cup final.” Title holders France take on Argentina at the Lusail stadium on Sunday (16:00) to claim their third world title.
