The captain and goalkeeper of the French national team, Hugo Lloris, who won the championship trophy at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, announced on Monday in an interview with the newspaper L’Equipe that he will not continue in the French team . .
“It is not easy to announce this, but after 14 years of defending this shirt, which I have worn with great pleasure, pride, sense of duty and responsibility, I think I have come to the end,” said the 36-year-old. year-old Tottenham Hotspur. goalkeeper runner-up at the 2022 World Cup, which took place in Qatar.
A French national team player since 2008, Lloris was given the captain’s armband when Laurent Blanc began his coaching career, replacing Raymond Domenech following their failure at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. He is the player who most often wore the jersey of the Gallic national team (145).
With the European final in 2016 – which Portugal won to become European champion -, the world title in 2018 and a new final in Doha, current coach Didier Deschamps kept full confidence in Lloris, a key player in the beautiful period that the national team polite. lost to Argentina in December on penalties (3-3 in the 120 minutes and 4-2 on penalties).
After almost fifteen years in the national team, “there comes a time when you have to know how to pass the baton,” said Lloris.
Un monument de l’histoire des Bleus takes a curtsy. At the age of 36, Hugo Lloris, captain of the French team, announces that he has joined the international team: https://t.co/dePVX5YoiD pic.twitter.com/hGzLVwEUQa
– L’ÉQUIPE (@lequipe) January 9, 2023
“I think the team is ready to go,” he added, naming his likely replacement in the starting line-up, Mike Maignan.
The 27-year-old Milan goalkeeper could become a starter in the Euro2024 qualifiers, which start in March.
“I feel like I’ve given everything, I’m part of the adventure, but I don’t want to wait for the moment I do less. I prefer to come out on top, after helping the French team to to reach the final.” of the World Cup,” Lloris explained sportingly to the newspaper.
Source: DN
