France team: without Lloris and Varane, how the Blues have rebuilt their defensive solidity

2023-06-20 17:57:43

The Blues had not chained four clean sheets at the start of the playoffs since 1984 (qualifications for the 1986 World Cup)! This bodes well for the future. While one could wonder how the vice-world champions would digest the post-Doha, even more after the loss of their best defensive asset, Raphaël Varane (93 selections, 5 goals), and the historic goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (145 selections), both now retired, the elements still present sent reassuring signals by achieving a remarkable faultless performance on the March and June rallies.