World Cup: "Resilience", "heart", "family" ... The Blues deliver the keys to their success against England

What made the difference?

This capacity for resilience, to suffer all together.

We suffered at times, but we never gave up.

This union, this unity, this solidarity that there has been between us since the start and we were able to sting when it was necessary.

It was a very committed match, a big fight.

We are very proud.

The second penalty?

I found the refereeing a bit limited tonight.

When he (Kane) misses, we are happy.

It was justice because for me, there was no penalty… You also need this part of luck, of success.

(...) Hugo Lloris ?

We are proud of him, it's great.

You can see that everyone is involved.

Everyone was talking about the Mbappé / Walker duel.

We saw them less.

We saw other players.

They (the English) were perhaps focused on him (Mbappé)… Good!

Hugo plays a great game.

In these cutthroat matches, you need a great goalkeeper.

We got it tonight.

Hope it lasts.

Against Morocco, it will be a very big game.

They had a very good run and we expect a very difficult meeting.

(…) We will do everything for our country and try to win.

(...) On a match, everyone can pass, everyone leaves his body and his heart on the ground.

The Moroccans did it very well.

It will be necessary to respect the adversary above all and by giving the maximum.

(the match against England) It was very complicated, two teams of the same level.

Sometimes you need success… It's a World Cup match, we're here to let our guts out on the pitch, give everything we've got.

This means that the commitment is sometimes excessive.

But that's normal: given the stakes, it's worth putting the maximum intensity and commitment.

Hugo Lloris ?

Great,

he had an extraordinary game.

He has often saved us since the start of the competition.

He was decisive at important moments.

He is our captain and we are very happy to have him.

(on the free kick he causes shortly before the end of the match) Fear?

Yeah, I'm coming out a little hard on it because it was a dangerous situation.

When there was the free kick, I can't tell you everything I said to myself in my head (laughs)… I was hoping he wouldn't score.

When the ball hit the net above, I thought great, the referee blows his whistle, so much the better.

(on the collective strength) There has been a great energy for a long time, we feel like a family.

After when the results are there everything is better.

But we've been trying hard for each other for a long time

everyone pulls this team up.

So far it has worked and I hope it will work in the next game.

We met a very good English team.

We knew it would be tough from start to finish.

The facts of the game were rather in our favor.

On penalties, we have to do better in both situations and me first in the first, I'm anticipating too much, but in the end we win and that means we've done the job in front.

We will have to review certain things but we are confident.

(..) We all stayed together from start to finish.

Luckily we win.

(on his goal) I had a bit of the same action against Poland, with a pretty good shot… That one was even a little sharper.

I often work on this with Carlo Ancelotti in Madrid.

(...) We are happy because it is not given to everyone to make a half of the World Cup.

We've seen a lot of teams go out... We try to take advantage of that while staying calm because

we have won nothing, there is nothing done.

You can't underestimate a team in the semis… If they (the Moroccans) are there, it's a top team.

We will have to be at our best level to win.

(...) It will be a big game, fierce.

Favorite or not, it doesn't matter.

When we enter the field we do not say that we are favorites.

Morocco ?

It will be a very difficult match because beyond their individual talents, this team shows great collective strength, a bit like us.

They have a lot of generosity, solidarity, a great team spirit emerges from this team.

You don't leave Spain and Portugal by chance… We expect a big opposition.

We will have time to study them.

We will still savor this moment tonight and we will get to work tomorrow (this Sunday).

(which made the difference against England) It's team spirit, not giving up, working for each other, closing the gaps.

Defensively, we were very solid.

We tried to give them a minimum of chances but it was a very tiring match, emotionally testing, beyond the intensity.

We didn't give up,

we believed in it until the end and we knew how to be effective in the areas of truth.

It's very good for the future because we know we can rely on this group cohesion.

It is a very good thing.

It reminded me a bit of Belgium in 2018 even if the scenario was different.

We had a little help from fate with this penalty from Kane.

We had to believe in it until the end and we did it.

Now we know that we have the qualities to go far in this competition but we know that we will have to keep this state of mind.

It reminded me a bit of Belgium in 2018 even if the scenario was different.

We had a little help from fate with this penalty from Kane.

We had to believe in it until the end and we did it.

Now we know that we have the qualities to go far in this competition but we know that we will have to keep this state of mind.

It reminded me a bit of Belgium in 2018 even if the scenario was different.

We had a little help from fate with this penalty from Kane.

We had to believe in it until the end and we did it.

Now we know that we have the qualities to go far in this competition but we know that we will have to keep this state of mind.