They are all there! The Blues were complete this Tuesday at the start of the afternoon at the Jassim Bin Hamad stadium where they have been training since the start of the competition. The enclosure, for the first time since their arrival, had activated a powerful air conditioning, polar cold level if that exists, while the day is slowly slipping away in the coolness of Al-Saad, the district which houses these installations. It was the French team who asked for it in order to find themselves in the same conditions as in the match, where the air conditioning will be activated this Wednesday at the stadium of the city of education.
Alphonse Areola, who suffered from minor lower back pain the day before, returned to the squad. The 24 players of Didier Deschamps were preparing this Tuesday to refine their automatisms on the eve of their last meeting of the group stage of the World Cup, against Tunisia (this Wednesday at 4 p.m. in France). The Blues are already qualified for the round of 16 of the competition while their opponent still hopes to win his ticket.
For this third match, Didier Deschamps should largely rotate his workforce. “It’s an international match against an opponent who is playing for qualification. We will make sure to obtain the best possible result, he narrated this Tuesday morning at a press conference. This situation allows me to be in management. There are no risks to be taken, there are discussions about the players’ own feelings. I still have time, I will make my decisions tomorrow, ie this Wednesday.
Only the first quarter of an hour of this session was open to the media. His group started with a warm-up, with both the ball in the hands and then in the feet, each giving it to the other in a permanent one-two movement. Stretching followed, then support work before continuing behind closed doors.