France, Tchouameni: “A football match against Israel but difficult to ignore the context”

Away match tomorrow for France. At 9pm, Didier Deschamps’ national team will take the field against Israel for the third day of League A of the Nations League. An important challenge for the transalpines and for Aurelien Tchouameniwho spoke today at a press conference on the eve of the match. The Real Madrid midfielder focused on the role of captain:

“It’s about being a leader – began the footballer – someone who unites the team, being an example and being a good listener. This is what I want to be. You don’t have to worry about this. I will think about it for a long time because it’s a dream when you are young. You have to take advantage of the present moment. Tomorrow’s match against Israel is above all a football match, but it is difficult to ignore the context. We have a football match to play, it is a very important match for the rest of the competition.

But I can’t tell you that it doesn’t matter to us. I spoke to Kylian last night, but we didn’t talk much about the captaincy, we talked about something else. We will have time tomorrow to focus on the match for a possible discussion – concluded Tchouameni -. We have a lot of people talking in the locker room, it becomes emotional.”