Arrived in Qatar on Monday evening for the World Cup (November 20 – December 18), the French team organized its first official press conference on Qatari soil. Aurélien Tchouameni returned to his relationship with his former AS Monaco team-mate, Youssouf Fofana. With the absences of Paul Pogba and N’Golo Kanté, the two young midfielders must take responsibility on the ground to compensate for the loss of executives.
“For a few years, we have created an alchemy that many could see last year in L1. We learned to play together knowing how to manage the moments. Who should go up, who should stay, etc. We have a connection as we are used to playing together. We signed the same day in Monaco. We are practically of the same generation. From the beginning, we were at the hotel together and so we got closer naturally. When you play every 3 days with this person, you develop bonds”, the now Real Madrid midfielder said of his former teammate. If there are many absent in the heart of the French game, it is at least good to live there.