In this vast and cold alley of the Groupama Stadium, his partners follow one another to answer questions from the media about the correction inflicted on Italy a few minutes earlier. Antoine Dupont, accompanied by a Raid police officer in charge of the security of the French XV, heads towards the Blues bus, passing behind the panels covered with the logos of the World Cup sponsors of this mixed zone. The captain had to resolve to experience this decisive match in the suburbs of Lyon in costume.
The next few hours will clearly indicate whether the scrum-half, injured and suffering a maxillo-zygomatic fracture during the match against Namibia on September 21, can consider coming down from the stands and putting on shorts to challenge the South Africa on Sunday October 15 in the quarter-final.
