LE SCAN SPORT – This Tuesday, the France team posted the official photo of the 26 players and staff of the Blues who will fly to Qatar. A cliché far from unanimous.
«Smile. It’s in the box.This Tuesday, the France team posted the official photo of the 26 players selected by Didier Deschamps and his staff for the World Cup in Qatar on its social networks. A photo that makes a lot of ink flow.
As usual, the players and members of the staff of the France team are placed in three rows. Didier Deschamps, seated in the center of the first row and surrounded by his executives. For lack of Presnel Kimpembe, N’Golo Kanté or Paul Pogba, all packages, “DD” has new soldiers. Kylian Mbappé on his left, Antoine Griezmann on his right. Karim Benzema and Olivier Giroud, a notch higher.
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Netizens are going wild…
First problem in this photo: the balance. 26 players oblige, plus the four members of the staff pose. Ten men per line but an imbalance created by the color of the shirts.
Second major problem with the photo: the frame. The Blues posed in front of a white wall, in Clairefontaine. A shot that seems to be taken in a hurry, dull, without emotions.
Not to mention the expression of some players who seem tense, taken aback, tense. Let’s hope the French are more comfortable with the ball. In 2018, they posed outdoors before flying to Russia.
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… others cry racism
It is the atmosphere of the photo that is widely decried on social networks. “Abominable», «real cat“, or “innovative» are the comments that we find. Because before the well-lit shot posted above, a much duller photo had been posted by many media.
Finally, the place of the players bothers some Internet users. The stars of the Blues are logically around Didier Deschamps. Only many Internet users grumble about the place taken by the black footballers of this team, placed mainly in the last row. “Patrice Evra was right”, loose one of them, referring to the words of the former defender claiming that there was racism within the Federation. A single snapshot finally makes a lot of talk…
