In the absence of Didier Deschamps, who left to join his family in the Basque Country following the death of his father earlier this week, Guy Stéphan, the senior deputy of the A, will lead the French team on Friday, at 8:45 p.m., against Denmark in the League of Nations. It was he who was at a press conference this Thursday, before a final training session for the Blues at the Stade de France. If he, of course, talked about the ball, Stéphan also spoke about the incidents that occurred at the Stade de France on Saturday evening, on the sidelines of the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool. Teeth clenched. “I was not at the match, but what happened gives a disastrous image for France”, explains DD’s assistant.
Comments completed by the goalkeeper and captain, Hugo Lloris. “In a fairly general way, on what we have seen in France, it is not good publicity, for our country and for French football. I hope this will be resolved by those responsible. Even if the C1 final does not depend solely on the French. That’s not what we like to see in football. We like to have our families and friends safe. »
Friday evening, the Blues will return to the Stade de France for the first public event in the enclosure since the chaos. Without “particular fear”, explains Stéphan. “I hope and strongly believe that it will go well. We are here to win the match like the Danes. We want to make people as happy as possible, that’s what we’re going to try to do. “For the occasion, if it is not yet completely stopped, the security device should mobilize around 1,700 members of the police, according to our information.