Affected by an influenza virus, Varane, Konaté and Coman did not train this Friday two days before the meeting against Albiceleste.
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The first question did not take long to fuse. Barely arrived at a press conference this Friday two days before the World Cup final against Argentina, Randal Kolo Muani suffered the plasters. Faced with a large audience in Doha, the striker of the Blues had to answer on the subject of the day: the flu virus which has shaken the defending champions for several days. After Dayot Upamecano and Adrien Rabiot, affected at the start of the week and who did not play the quarter-final against Morocco on Wednesday (2-0), it is the turn of Raphaël Varane and Ibrahima Konaté to be placed in the ‘isolation. At 48 hours from the XXL challenge against the Albiceleste, doubts remain and if the management of the France team tends to remain optimistic, the general situation calls out.
” There is a little flu spreading, nothing bad, they will recover very quickly “says Randal Kolo Muani (24 years old, 4 selections), a little helpless in the face of this question. In the aftermath, Raphaël Raymonde, the press manager for the France team, who quickly sensed the key subject of this press conference, took the liberty of speaking. ” Randal is not a doctor and we will bring you the necessary information on this topic during the day.. A way of politely asking to change the subject. Recommendation that journalists have of course … not listened to. Whether with Kolo Muani or Ousmane Dembélé, questions about the virus were numerous, almost eclipsing the theme of the World Cup final.
No training for Varane, Konaté and Coman
” I’m not afraid to catch it, we’re careful with the teammatestries to reassure Kolo Muani. The doctors are setting up a few sanitary zones. Don’t worry about that, it will get better in the days to come. Those who are sick stay in their room, we wash our hands, we put on gel, we shake hands with our fists, we are very strict about that. ” Affected since Thursday, Raphaël Varane, who feels feverish, will not be present at the training of the day, just like Ibrahima Konaté, also affected but also Kingsley Coman, “febrile” Wednesday and feverish Thursday. All three players will perform indoor work.
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” We are not afraid of the virussays Ousmane Dembélé. Dayot (Upamecano) and Adrian (Rabiot) had a stomach ache, we made them a little tea, with ginger and honey, we hope it will be better (for Varane and Konaté). An outing full of humor from the Barcelonian, also a way to defuse the slightest psychosis. ” This does not worry the players and the staff, he continues. Dayot was much better after 1 day, I saw him in his room with the mask on, we just took precautions. But there is no worry. “The same words each time pronounced by the communication of the Blues. But Wednesday evening, Rabiot was forfeited, Upamecano on the bench. Still, there are reasons to be concerned.
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