Defeated in the final against Argentina, the players of the France team should finally meet at Place de la Concorde to “thank their supporters” as soon as they land at the end of the day.
Will they come or won’t they come? Several scenarios collide for the return of the Blues to France after their defeat against Argentina (3-3, 4-2 on pens) in a legendary final in Qatar, for the 2022 World Cup. “There will be a rally at Place de la Concorde”according to information from Parisian published this Monday noon, confirming the initial version given a little earlier on France Inter by the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castera. “They want to go and thank their supporters, she claimed, to spend this time at Place de la Concorde which is the place they have chosen a priori with the French Football Federation.
Barely a few minutes earlier, Noël Le Graët, president of the French Football Federation, argued on BFM that Didier Deschamps’ players were “rushed to go home” and that they would return to their homes “upon landing” of their plane. “The players are very grateful to the public but it seems logical to me, when you don’t win, that you don’t feel like going for a walk in the Champs or elsewhere”, did he declare. And to complete on a happier note: “The disappointment is huge, but I often remember their overall performance in this competition, France, which was not at all among the favorites, ended up in the final and gave a good show at all levels, a very good image.” At the same time, 23-year-old prodigy striker Kylian Mbappé posted a tweet in the form of a promise: “We will return”.
The Blues, who have been away for almost a month in Qatar, should land around 6 p.m. at Roissy airport. For his part, Emmanuel Macron, who we saw everywhere on Sunday, from the stands to the locker rooms through the podium installed on the lawn for the award ceremony, should receive the French team in January.