• Two days before its World Cup final against Argentina, the France team has to deal with a mysterious virus that is spreading through its ranks. 

  • After Upamecano and Rabiot, finally packages for the semi-final, it is Varane, Konaté and Coman who are now affected. 

  • Nothing to worry too much about, tried to clear the Blues at a press conference this Friday afternoon. 

Sensitive subject alert!

While French players are dropping like flies, or almost, because of who knows what virus, the subject was inevitably on everyone's lips, Friday, during the last players' press conference at the Jassim Bin stadium. Hamad.

Logic, after Dayot Upamecano, Adrien Rabiot and Kingsley Coman, we learned that two new players had been infected: Raphaël Varane and Ibrahima Konaté, the central hinge holder against Morocco in the semi-final.

Some speak of "flu", like Ousmane Dembélé, present in front of us two days after the qualification of the Blues in the final.

But the first to be questioned on the subject on Friday was Randal Kolo Muani, the second tricolor scorer on Wednesday.



“It's a little flu that is spreading but it's nothing bad, they will recover quickly and it should be fine, assured the Frankfurt striker.

We take care, there is no need to worry.

Those who are sick stay in their room, there is hydraulic gel (sic) when we go to the table, we wash our hands regularly, we check ourselves with our fists.

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Sensing that the questions were all going to revolve around this question, the press officer of the France team Raphaël Raymond exceptionally spoke after the intervention of Kolo Muani.

"Randal is not a doctor, we will communicate on the subject very soon," he said.

In the process, a message addressed to the followers soberly indicated that Varane, Konaté and Coman were “spared” and would be satisfied with “an indoor activity” this Friday.


Air conditioning in the viewfinder

This did not prevent the colleagues from continuing their investigation.

At least to find out if a kind of psychosis (legitimate two days before a World Cup final) had not settled in the group in recent hours.

Ousmane Dembélé in turn tried to clear the ground.

“We are not afraid of the virus, he replied.

Dayot and Adrien had stomach and head aches, I made them a little tea with ginger and honey and afterwards they were better (laughs)!

Dayot, I went to see him in his room, with the mask of course, he was better.

I think everyone will be ready for the final, we just took precautions but that doesn't worry us.

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Without going so far as to say we are worried - although - we do know that a virus has been circulating for several days in the Qatari capital, which would not be surprising with these permanent hot-colds that everyone has been paying for for a months in a country that lives only by and for air conditioning.

To give you an idea of ​​​​the thing, it was almost impossible to work in the press room of the Al-Bayt stadium in Al-Khor after the victory of the Blues as it was cold... Some of our colleagues have also been affected these last days.

On our side, RAS, knock on wood.

As for the end of the story, our little finger tells us that we will only have it after the final on Sunday.

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