Light session for the France team this Thursday for the first day in Budapest (Hungary).
On the small but pretty stadium of MTK Budapest, not far from the Ferenc-Puskas stadium, host of the meetings of this Euro 2021, 25 players participated in the session prepared by Didier Deschamps and his staff.
Only absent: Kingsley Coman.
For all the others, training started around 3:20 p.m. with a classic warm-up before splitting into two groups. On the one hand, Karim Benzema, Raphaël Varane, Adrien Rabiot and Presnel Kimpembe, spared. A light jog was enough for these four holders. On the other: more advanced passing drills for the 18 remaining field players. Finally, Hugo Lloris is the goalkeeper who has been the least requested.
The session ended with a free kick exercise with Steve Mandanda in the goal against shooters Kylian Mbappé, Antoine Griezmann and Paul Pogba.
On the other goal, owned by Mike Maignan, punching exercises for Lucas Digne, Olivier Giroud, Wissam Ben Yedder or Kurt Zouma.
This small group ended with races before joining the locker room.
The Blues now have an appointment at the Puskas Arena Friday mid-afternoon for a pre-match session.
Didier Deschamps and a player are expected for a press conference at 1:45 p.m.
Info: Coman, still a dad
They were therefore only 25 in training on Thursday.
Kingsley Coman has received permission to join his partner to attend the birth of her child.
The Bayern Munich winger was therefore not in the game today.
He should be back this Friday for the final session before Saturday's meeting.
All while respecting an adapted Covid-19 protocol (test before his departure and before his return).
The number: 33
For the second match of the group stage, the Blues have an appointment on Saturday at 3 pm with an announced temperature of… 33 degrees in Budapest, where summer, even scorching weather hangs over the city.
In the middle of the afternoon, France and Hungary therefore have an appointment at the Ferenc-Puskas stadium in the heat.
The temperature felt should even be much higher than the sun.
The sentence: "We are a very big team"
Lucas Hernandez was the lucky winner for the first press conference on Hungarian soil, carried out by videoconference. Asked about the possible "fear" that France would inspire in its opponents, especially with the success against Germany (1-0), the defender of Bayern Munich summarizes: "No we are not afraid, but we are a very big team. We show that we can get far, after that it's up to us not to deviate from our path. But it will have to be shown against Hungary, and it will not be easy in a full stadium. It will be another battle. But I love it, I play football for that, for these incredible atmospheres ”. The confidence is there.
Lucas Hernández wanted to leave a message to the supporters present in the Munich stadium on Tuesday!
What an atmosphere, thank you 🙏 🔥 #FiersdetreBleus 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/EL7EReUaPD
- French team ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) June 17, 2021
