Lloris, Griezmann, Pavard, Deschamps and other players and staff members of the French football team follow one another in a video broadcast on Sunday evening and entitled "Thank you to the nursing staff". "Today, you are playing this match, so we are all behind you, we sing and applaud for you", say the players, who had already mobilized by announcing a donation in early April.

In a video published on social networks on Sunday evening and already seen more than 300,000 times in cumulative on Facebook and Twitter, the French Football team, world champion in 2018 in Russia, sends a message of encouragement and support to healthcare staff, on the front line facing the coronavirus. It is not the first time that the Blues have mobilized since a few days ago, the world champions had made a significant donation to the AP-HP foundation.

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"You will win this match against the virus"

Four staff members and 18 players follow one another in this video, filmed vertically from various places around the world since the Blues are also confined. Coach Didier Deschamps opens the ball, before being followed by Lloris, Pavard, Varane, Mbappé, Griezmann ...

Les Bleus and the staff support and thank you, all of the nursing staff present in hospitals in France # FiersdetreBleuspic.twitter.com / IHdz70moLV

- France team ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) April 5, 2020

"Usually, it is you who are behind us to encourage us. It is you who sing, who applaud during our meetings. Today, it is you who are playing this match", begin the players. "So we are all behind you, we sing and applaud for you. You will win this match against the virus, we trust you"

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"You protect us, you care for us, so we, to help you, we stay at home", explain the players who invite the French to do the same, and "at the final whistle", concludes Giroud, "you will bring back victory over this virus at home. "