Usually, the Blues are supposed to impress the public at the Stade de France.
This time, behind closed doors, we were able to listen to the performance of the Blues, beaten by Finland (0-2).
By putting our masks on the eyes, we could almost have believed ourselves in one of those amateur matches of the weekend, the handrail and the smell of merguez less.
The same audible cries coming from the lawn.
Even in a two-star jersey, football is also a story with a hundred words.
At the outset, the most audible words are those of Steve Mandanda, the guardian whose voice carries far.
He guides his partners with a guttural cry "get out, get out", he yells after a minute.
On the first Finnish strike, the Marseillais shouts, while the Finns have just obtained a corner: “It's nothing at all.
Everyone!
Go!
"
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France-Finland (0-2): the notes of the Blues
On the lawn, with the rather dense rhythm of the start of the match, the French communicate by onomatopoeia.
And the "only, only" follow the "well done!"
“In the middle of the field, everyone is encouraged.
"It is for you Mouss", Steven Nzonzi slips to Moussa Sissoko.
"It's good Paulo", loose the latter for Paul Pogba.
On a real French fault but not whistled by the Bulgarian referee Nikola Popov, Mandanda, 60 m from the action, splits a "we do not care guys, there is nothing.
Play!
"
The long Finnish applause
Fifteen minutes into the game, the new kid, Marcus Thuram sees his head shot crashing into the bar.
A "fucking!"
Came out in unison with a few substitutes installed in the stands.
“Well done Marcus,” says Olivier Giroud.
Lilian's son gains confidence over the minutes.
It is not only visible but audible.
"Paulo, Paulo", he claims to Pogba in front of the surface.
The latter immediately does so and hands him the ball.
But in three minutes, the Finnish double, only greeted by the long applause of the Finnish substitutes, calms the blue decibels.
Until the break, the tricolor cries are weaker.
They then remain so after rest.
Ball calls are quieter.
Only a cry of pain from Thuram over a Finnish foul really rises in the empty stands.
Even the missed shot of Kanté (78th) does not cause any noise.
The shrill whistle comes to end this muffled evening.
The Blues sank in silence.