Captain, episode 2. A week after wearing the armband in Split during Croatia - France (1-1), Presnel Kimpembe will again replace Hugo Lloris in this role, this Monday, still against Croatia.
He was this Sunday afternoon at a press conference at the Stade de France.
A week earlier, he had said in particular about PSG: “I am waiting to meet the new sports management, to know the new project, that interests me.
We're going to have to talk pretty quickly.
He clarified his thought.
Are you the boss in the absence of Raphaël Varane, who left the rally after France-Denmark?
PRESNEL KIMPEMBE.
It's a natural role that I'm used to having at PSG.
I am one of the oldest.
They don't need me as much as you might say.
They are young but they are big boys.
They have club experience.
It's a role that I really appreciate and if I'm given it, it's because I have the capacity.
How do you see the evolution of Mike Maignan?
I know him since a long time.
He is a great goalkeeper, he was able to demonstrate it.
He always questions himself.
He is a competitor, very, very much!
(sic).
I'm glad he joined us.
Does it make you funny to see Moussa Diaby and Christopher Nkunku land in the France team?
Inevitably, it makes me look a little old.
It makes me feel weird.
I've been there, I know how it feels.
Does Nkunku follow the evolution that you had foreseen?
I have known him for years.
He is full of talent.
He needed this opportunity, Leipzig, to show himself.
He showed his full palette in Leipzig, even if he played a little with PSG.
It is a pleasure for his family and all of football to see his progress.
How did you experience wearing the armband against Croatia on Monday June 6?
It looks like just a piece of fabric but it represents so many things.
It's a lot of emotions that come to mind.
These are years, hours, minutes of sacrifice that go back.
Everything goes back, everything comes back.
Did you get a response from
PSG when last week
you were asking for a fairly quick discussion with the new leaders?
I said that I was coming to 27, that my next contract would be decisive, that I wanted to know the new project.
I didn't say anything bad.
I arrived at 9 or 10 years old at PSG.
It is legitimate to ask the club what role they are going to assign me.
For now, I'm focused on the Blues to end the season well.
How can we forget this very long season?
There is nothing to forget.
Everything is good to take.
This is how we move forward.
You have to look forward, keep a positive side.
Tomorrow (this Monday) is a big game, important, it is important to us to win this battle.
Do you feel enormous pressure to win on the eve of the game against Croatia?
No, these are competitive matches.
We are the title holders.
The League of Nations is a very important competition for us.
We will try to have fun, already.
We know the importance of this match to stay in the race.
We know that the France team should not be in this place in the League of Nations.
It is an obligation to have to win tomorrow in quotation marks.
Do you still have legs for this last game of the season?
There is always juice, you have to know how to find the right motivation.
You have to prepare well, rest well, train well and the rest is in your head.
