“We were outclassed in all areas of the game,” admits Tchouaméni. “We failed to follow our game plan, we played against a very good team.

We must do better collectively and individually,’ he said after the match. ‘It’s a booster shot before what awaits us in June, we will have to count on them (Germany) for the final victory, today it showed. Afterwards we must not throw everything away either, we remain confident and aware of our qualities. We're going to watch what happened on video, we have another match coming up on Tuesday, and we're all going to raise our heads’