From our special correspondent in Budapest,

Halfway between the post-match against Hungary and the pre-match against Portugal, the Blues are looking more and more in the direction of what awaits them Wednesday night on the side of the Puskas Arena, necessarily less noisy in neutral ground mode.

This is not without displeasing Lucas Digne, spent this Monday at a press conference, whose voice derailed like the chain of an old bicycle.

It was necessary to yell to communicate in the field.

"After the match, I had a sore throat from screaming," laughs the Everton side.

We still hope for him, in the event that Didier Deschamps leads him back to the left against the European champions, that the vocal cords will get better, because if the Hungarian ultras will not be present this time, the stadium will not remain. more empty.

And then, he will be rich in the presence of a man who is always scary: Cristiano Ronaldo.

Not two like Messi and Ronaldo

Ok, the multiple Ballon d'Or has never scored against the Blues, but pessimists like us will notice that it was the same before the match against the Mannschaft on Saturday and that did not prevent him from opening the score.

But it is obviously out of the question to take from a height a guy capable of jumping 12m50 from the ground.

Antoine Griezmann was full of praise on Sunday: "Cristiano is a source of inspiration for everyone".

“It's extraordinary what he does at 36 years old.

Him and Leo [Messi], there will be no one like them.

Cristiano is still dominant, he is a complete scorer, he scores from the left, from the right, from the head, it is an example.

"

Ok, this is all very well but suddenly, how do we stop this cyborg?

“When you're a defender, it's everyone's business to manage a player like that because he moves a lot on the attack line, analyzes Digne.

It's up to us to communicate well and not leave it too much space.

We do not want to bring bad luck to the friend Lucas, but it will be recalled that his namesake Hernandez had been quite incredible in the role of bodyguard of CR7 in the League of Nations.

Didier Deschamps has surely not forgotten him, even if the Bayern player has been experiencing slight physical problems lately.

The Blues are aiming for first place, not the calculations

Anyway, he bangs, the former Parisian.

His strategy within the blue group during this Euro is very simple: to give everything to play the competition.

For the rest, he relies on the impartiality of the coach, who has not established an official hierarchy for this post.

Worthy, always;

“He makes his decisions the day before the match and puts his team in place.

Afterwards, it's up to the players to give everything to training to hope to have playing time. At no time do I ask myself the question of whether the coach is going to put me on or not.

I prepare myself as best I can and try to give everyone a headache.

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Speaking of puzzles, the left side swears that, unlike journalists and supporters who have fun imagining every possible and imaginable scenario armed with their scientific calculator out of the "high school" cardboard abandoned in the cellar, the Blues do not. are not playing

Numbers and Letters

in the locker room of their Hungarian base camp.

“We haven't yet planned on where we can play or who we're going to fall into, because it's a bit hazy.

After that, I don't think it will change anything to be sure to be better third before the game.

We will try to finish well and seek this first place.

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