Rituals, protocol and decibels: welcome to the Blues locker room before facing England

“How is the atmosphere?” Tense, tense, tense! “No one knows, yet, if Youssouf Fofana will have the same facility to play down the event this Saturday evening (8 p.m. French time) in the bowels of Al Bayt Stadium. If, a few minutes from the kick-off of the most important match of his young international career, the Monegasque midfielder will be able to take as much step back and make this moment that we imagine of a rare intensity an enchanted parenthesis. Thursday, as usual during his appearances at a press conference, the Parisian in any case brought a breath of fresh air when asked about the climate that reigns in the locker room of the Blues before entering the arena here in Doha.