The France football team, already qualified for Euro 2020, plays Sunday night the first place of its group in Albania. In goals, it will not be the usual goalkeeper, Hugo Lloris, but Steve Mandanda. The goalkeeper of Olympique de Marseille takes advantage of the injury of the captain of the Blues to find playing time under the shirt tricolor. And he savor!
"It did not even happen to me to stop the selection," says the French goalkeeper. Steve Mandanda returns from a distance. Five months ago, he was not called into national team by Didier Deschamps, a first since 2008. Never, except in case of injury, the world champion had been put aside by a coach.
"A trigger"
A decision, which, however, does not surprise the person, then out of shape: "It was a trigger". The 34-year-old goalkeeper is using great means to return to his level and turns to Italy where he goes to cure. This allowed him to lose 10 pounds this summer. "There are a lot of things that I could not do compared to the matches, the sequences, and today it makes me right."
Steve Mandanda found the Blues by the front door. The absence of Hugo Lloris allowed him from the month of October to settle temporarily in the tricolor goals. A great revenge for this example of regularity, present 135 times on a sheet of game of the Blues and who has known almost everything, from the shame of Knysna in 2010 to glory in 2018. See you on Sunday evening at 20:45 to follow Steve Mandanda during the match Albania - France.