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Al-Bayt Stadium, Saturday evening, the clock in the enclosure with Bedouin tents indicates 1 a.m. (11 p.m. in France).
In the bowels of the stadium, Olivier Giroud is looking for his former Chelsea partner, Mason Mount, to exchange his jersey, while Ibrahima Konaté has just done so with his Liverpool pal, Trent Alexander-Arnold.
The discussions are imbued with mutual respect, between rigorous congratulations for the winners of the evening and legitimate sadness on the English side, forced to leave Qatar after their elimination in the quarter-finals of the World Cup against the Blues (1-2).
For his part, Hugo Lloris, affected by the attacks of the English press which described him as the "Achilles' heel" of the French team during the week, but also by the homophobic insults suffered for not having worn the "One Love" armband, pays tribute to Harry Kane, evening opponent but friend in life and unfortunate scorer on the missed penalty in the 84th
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