after two years of absence from the French team, N’Golo Kanté is already thrilling the supporters at Euro 2024

D-3 for the French football team before facing the Netherlands in Leipzig for the Euro. If the case of Kylian Mbappé – almost forfeited for the match – after his broken nose worries, there is one who reassured the staff, his teammates and the supporters, it is N’Golo Kante. Voted man of the match against Austria, the 33-year-old midfielder remains the crowd’s favorite.

It’s as if nothing had changed, that N’Golo Kante had not disappeared from the blue radars for two years. In any case, the supporters have not forgotten him, with banners and songs in his honor. “He’s incredible, it’s so nice to see him again,” rejoices one of them. “He left Europe, he left the cameras but he came back the way he left in 2022, crushing everyone in midfield. It’s a pretty exceptional number”adds another.

His teammates also conquered him.“I have the impression that three of them came to Clairefontaine. I have never seen that! We can no longer play in training, jokes Marcus Thuram. As soon as we have him on our team we know we’ve won.”

N’Golo Kanté may have become essential again, but he prefers to think collectively: “It’s nice to be back with the French team, to find my abilities again, to feel good. Afterwards, it’s true that there’s a lot of praise but we’re not superhuman. We work hard. done together, we fight for the team, for the result.” N’Golo Kanté, not a superman, even less a star, perhaps…, but the 2018 world champion is capable of leading the Blues this time to the roof of Europe on July 14.