He is the only one not to have exulted.
To have contained his joy, retained a smile which no doubt only asked to come and illuminate his noggin of winner.
The only one, among the Blues, to retain his immense pride in being, for the second time in a row, invited to the World Cup final.
Kylian Mbappé had this modesty, this respect too, not to let his happiness come to trample the grief of his half-brother, Achraf Hakimi.
For all Didier Deschamps' men, Mr. Ramos' whistle sounded like a deliverance.
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