Every time he made a save, I thought, 'Barthez did it, the man did it.' Even though this save is technically similar to dozens of others, in fact, it is different. In January 2008, he explained told Libération, 10 months before his international debut against Uruguay: "In truth, the goalkeeper takes shape save after save, game after game, club after club. He declares that he is "under no obligation in football" and speaks freely, particularly about what is at the heart of his job: shot-stopping. The son of Monaco-based banker father and a lawyer mother (who died of cancer in 2008), the young man has an unusual sociological background. In the air-conditioned Qatari press rooms, some colleagues long for another Hugo Lloris, from his early days at Nice and his first years in Lyon. The player himself has also played a role in its cultivation, by being self-effacing or tight-lipped. Thuram is a political-minded leader, about whom the former international Patrice Evra treacherously wrote in his autobiography that he "thinks he is Malcolm X because he wears glasses and reads books." He will surpass the record held by Lilian Thuram, who went from defending for Les Bleus to fighting racism. On Saturday, December 10, in Al-Khor, north of Doha, Hugo Lloris will make his 143 rd appearance for France, in the World Cup quarter-final against England. It's hard to imagine two personalities more different one from the other. The goalkeeper and captain of the French team, Hugo Lloris, during the round of 16 against Poland, Decemat the Al-Thumama Stadium in Doha. But he does not chase fame nor recognition.īy Alexandre Pedro Published on December 10, 2022, at 6:00 pm (Paris), updated on December 10, 2022, at 6:00 pm The captain of Les Bleus will become the most capped French international ever, in the quarter-final against England on Saturday. World Cup 2022: Hugo Lloris, France's quiet record-breaking captain
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