After the victory of the French team against Morocco in the quarter-final of the World Cup (2-0), Thierry Henry made a surprise visit to the Blues locker room. The former striker, admiringly, praised the team’s quality of play and particularly its ability to recover balls in the defensive phase. “In possession and out of possession, it’s extraordinary”he said, emphasizing the collective commitment that allows players to maintain pressure on the opponent and continue to suffocate the opposing team.
Henry also spoke of the enthusiasm of the supporters, which he was able to gauge while watching the match on television, and congratulated Didier Deschamps and the entire group for their performance. While rejoicing at the semi-final reached, he recalled that the objective remains to go further in the competition.