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Mbappé gives his version on the "Giroud affair", Zouma back ... the newspaper of the Blues

2021-06-15T16:39:19.842Z


On the eve of the departure for Munich, the Blues of Kylian Mbappé carried out a final training at Clairefontaine with a group in the comple


Didier Deschamps can count on a whole group two days away from facing Germany, in Munich on Tuesday evening, for his entry into the competition for the Euro.

There are no more players in the infirmary.

Absent the day before after receiving a blow to the nose, Kurt Zouma made his return to training this Sunday.

Antoine Griezmann and Karim Benzema also took part in the session which was held behind closed doors at the end of the day in Clairefontaine (Yvelines), with the exception of the first quarter of an hour open to the press.

There were smiles on the faces of the French players, some chambering sequences too, especially when the young Jules Koundé lost a game made at the start of the session.

Departure for Munich this Monday morning

Mbappé appeared in a good mood. For several minutes, the Parisian striker exchanged in the greatest secrecy with Didier Deschamps. The coach was able to fine-tune some settings. Against the Germans, he should build on what worked in the preparation matches won against Wales and Bulgaria (Editor's note: 3-0 each time). Rabiot keeps the favors of the staff in the midfield, rather than Corentin Tolisso, in order to accompany Pogba and Kanté. In front, it is the trio Griezmann-Mbappé-Benzema who hold the rope despite the two goals scored by Olivier Giroud this week in a friendly against the Bulgarians. The Madrid striker is recovered from his crutch and fit to start Tuesday night's game.

The Blues will leave Clairefontaine at 9:30 am this Monday morning.

They will take the direction of Villacoublay to board a private plane that will take them to Munich.

Initially scheduled for 8:30 p.m., the final training of the Blues will be held at 4:30 p.m., at the Allianz Arena, the stadium where Bayern usually officiates.

Before that, Didier Deschamps accompanied by goalkeeper and captain Hugo Lloris, will attend a press conference around 3:45 p.m. to answer journalists' questions, which will officially launch the Blues tournament.

The number: 0

Since the start of preparation, this is the first time that no player from the France team has been missing during a training session.

Thomas Lemar had missed the first sessions due to a thigh injury.

Then, successively, Lucas Hernandez, Adrien Rabiot, Kingsley Coman, Antoine Griezmann, Karim Benzema, Raphaël Varane and Kurt Zouma also had small physical problems.

The sentence: "I was a little affected by that, but we're not going to make a big deal out of it"

After the victory against the Bulgarians on Tuesday evening, Olivier Giroud expressed his frustration at not being served enough. Statements that Kylian Mbappé, feeling targeted, did not really appreciate. But today the Parisian striker wants to move forward. “I was a little affected by it. We're not going to make a big deal out of it. The France team remains the most important. We have a common goal, reacted Mbappé this Sunday at a press conference. What he said doesn't bother me more than that. it expresses a feeling, I got it. I saw him in the locker room, I congratulated him. He didn't say anything bad. It's more than saying it publicly. I would have preferred it to be more virulent in front of me. I can do it in a locker room, say things. These are little trifles. We will already have difficult trials,we do not need to put a spade in the wheels. "

Source: leparis

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