A small celebration despite the pain of a defeat in the World Cup final against Argentina on Sunday evening (3-3, 4 tab to 2).
The Minister of Sports and the Olympics, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, indicated on Monday on France Inter that the French team would undoubtedly greet its supporters at Place de la Concorde in Paris on their return from Doha.
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“
They want to go and thank their supporters, to spend this time at Place de la Concorde which is the place they have chosen a priori with the French Football Federation
”, she said.
“
This is the latest info I have, the scripts are being confirmed.
A priori, after arriving at Roissy around 6:00 p.m.
They didn't want parades on the Champs, that's the info we have at this point
,” she added.
The President of the Republic, present in the gallery, on the lawn and in the locker room on Sunday, "
will be keen a little later, after, at the start of the year, to congratulate them
", she continued.
Emmanuel Macron joined the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle off Egypt on Monday for the traditional Christmas party with the troops.
Asked about the “
virus
” which circulated throughout the group of French players, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra indicated that she “
had no information on the exact nature of the virus
”.
Asked about behind the scenes after the failure, she commented: “
our Blues were a little inconsolable
”.
They were "
very dejected and at the same time very dignified
", indicated the Minister of Sports, who went to Doha three times, for the quarters, the halves and the final.
