Facing Gibraltar, Wesley Fofana and Brice Samba honored their first selection with the Blues. And overall, the Chelsea defender and the Lens goalkeeper had a more than quiet evening. Asked after the meeting, the 29-year-old goalkeeper returned to his first in the jersey of the France team: “Lots of joy, lots of pride. Finally, I am a French international. I think those who know me must have shed some tears. Especially when you know my background. It shows that with faith, anything is possible. I can’t wait to call my loved ones.
We don’t have time to realize because we try to stay focused. Even if I wasn’t asked much, I fought with my head to stay focused because we’ve seen this kind of matches are unpredictable like this lob (note: half an hour into the game). I will take the time to realize with my phone in a few minutes.
While he knows that this lob could have conditioned his first cape, his analysis of the match is just as lucid: “Honestly, if that lob is on target, it’s a hit. Fortunately he did not put it because it could have put us in difficulty with a score which would have been at 1-1. It’s football and I was warned about the unpredictable aspects of this kind of matches. I think I was able to overcome them. I think we hit the bar three times. The score could have been wider. We fell on a very dry pitch and it was hard to combine on a pitch like that, especially with the players we have, who like to combine and are fast. We have one match left before the holidays so we will have to do everything to win the three points and widen the gap in our group.»
