Lloris before Ukraine-France: "Do not panic" but "go up a level"

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We are playing an opponent who is behind us in the standings.

A victory would consolidate the place which is ours today.

We are going to leave with these intentions, as we had them against Bosnia (...) The last time we came, it goes back but it was really not a good memory even if it was much better. passed on the way back (in the 2014 World Cup play-offs).

We start with the idea of ​​winning this match, but my counterpart also has this idea in mind, it seems normal to me.

Obviously, this is not the best start for this comeback. I said before Bosnia that we were looking for confidence, now we must not panic, we will take stock after the third meeting. Tomorrow (Saturday) we hope to gain momentum, in any case we will have to in a match that promises to be difficult for the France team. It's a big challenge for us and especially we will play a team which is a direct competitor for the qualification. We will have to go up a level compared to the last game to take the three points, gain confidence and secure our first place. Whatever we say, tomorrow there are a lot of issues on the ground. We must not get in trouble. It's our responsibility, all the players, to get the job done.

It seems clear to me at my level, he felt something at the end of the match.

The examinations were reassuring in the sense that they ruled out a break in the fiber which would have involved several weeks of downtime.

He had something, it was an injury he had already suffered with his club in May, which caused him to miss the second leg against Manchester City.

As long as there was no possibility of using it tomorrow or Tuesday, there was no point in it staying with us.

Kylian is a player who is difficult to replace.

We will say that it leaves the opportunity to other players to be able to express themselves.

(The most complicated period of his mandate?) This question, I do not even ask myself.

I am in the action.

I have some experience in qualifying, although the last result is not what I expected.

You know our situation, we are in the best possible place.

I am focused and calm about what is to come.

I have no doubts about it. It is not just the responsibility of defenders. This does not go against the offensive animation, but you have to be able without the ball to keep this efficiency, this solidity. Sometimes it is not much, they had a chance on the way out and they scored (1-1, note). Defending well doesn't make us win matches, it's always a question of balance and everyone is concerned when we don't have the ball.

What is rather curious is that before this match against Hungary (1-1 at the Euro, editor's note), we stayed in four matches without conceding a goal. Since it is true that we concede too many goals. When you look at the matches one after the other, these are different scenarios. I think we lost this collective strength defensively only against Switzerland in the last ten minutes. Against Portugal, two penalties conceded. Against Hungary, it is a conceded goal against the course of the game, the same against Bosnia. There are certainly things to rectify especially in the control of the ball. Tomorrow we will have to pay attention to the ball, not to lose it stupidly and above all to be well balanced.