Another page should probably turn in the next few days for the team of France. And it concerns once once more the position of goalkeeper. A few days ago already, the captain of the Blues and goalkeeper number 1 for 12 years, Hugo Lloris, announced to end his international career at 36 and with a selection record (145). This time, it should be the case of his number 2: Steve Mandanda.
According to information from The Team, the 37-year-old Stade Rennais goalkeeper has decided to end his international career. He will therefore not continue with the Blues and therefore also ends his adventure in the Blues with this World Cup final lost once morest Argentina. From the top of his 35 selections since May 27, 2008 ( once morest Ecuador), he will have played his last match with the France team during the defeat of his team once morest Tunisia at the World Cup.
A dressing room leader role
If he was never able to become the titular goalkeeper of the France team because of the always excellent performances of his competitor Hugo Lloris, Steve Mandanda will all the same have been a very important element of the group of Didier Deschamps. Big brother for a good part of the group, he was one of the executives and leaders of the locker room. His many speeches during the last World Cup in Qatar or during the coronation in Russia in 2018 will have been important. Didier Deschamps, who also knew him when they both played at OM, had made him one of his locker room men.
The coach of the Blues, who recently extended until 2026, therefore loses a second goalkeeper and another locker room leader for his French team. At 37, Steve Mandanda therefore decides to devote himself to his club career and gives way to the new generation. During his career in Blues, the emblematic doorman of OM will have played 2 World Cup matches ( once morest Denmark in 2018 and Tunisia in 2022) and will have remained on the bench for 124 matches.
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