From the Orange Vélodrome to the Paris-Vincennes racecourse. A few hours after their success (2-1) in a friendly match against Côte d’Ivoire in the Marseille city, six players from the France team chose to spend their afternoon left free by the staff of the Blues in the temple. trotting this Saturday. Not very surprising concerning Antoine Griezmann, owner of horses (gallopers and trotters) since 2017. The French international has even become since May 2021 ambassador of PMU, a historic betting site on horse racing.
The Atlético de Madrid striker wanted to share his passion with his partners, Lucas and Théo Hernandez, Hugo Lloris, Olivier Giroud, who opened the scoring with a header against Côte d’Ivoire on Friday, and Jonathan Clauss, called for the first time in the French team, to follow him to the Paris-Vincennes racecourse, just to discover a completely different universe. A private visit of the six internationals, the PMU no longer being a partner of the French Football Federation since last summer.
The excitement won the Parisian enclosure when Antoine Griezmann notably descended on the edge of the track, lending himself to the game of photos and autographs. Like him, the five other Blues came into contact with racegoers and racing players, such as Éric Raffin, double gold Sulky. A little earlier in the morning, the Blues with Kylian Mbappé on the lawn had trained at Clairefontaine in the Yvelines, before Didier Deschamps allowed them to leave the Château for the rest of the day. Everyone was able to go about their business, the original “Parisians” mostly joining their relatives in Île-de-France. The players of the France team, which is to face South Africa in a friendly on Tuesday evening in Lille, are expected this evening at the national technical center. N’Golo Kanté, who had to leave his partners for family reasons earlier this week, is expected either or tomorrow Sunday at Clairefontaine.