Unsurprisingly, and from afar. He was most warmly applauded by the public at the Marcel-Picot stadium in Nancy when the composition of the teams was announced this Thursday, September 7. Thierry Henry was clearly THE star of this friendly meeting of the Espoirs. The 15,000 spectators had come mainly to witness his premiere on the bench. And they were won over by this new team, three months after the elimination of the previous generation in the quarter-final of the Euro by Ukraine (1-3) which precipitated the departure of Sylvain Ripoll.
