The countdown has begun… On Sunday December 18, 2022, France will face Argentina in the World Cup final! A long-awaited match, but until then, a big concern hangs over the health of the players. The reason ? The specter of a contagious virus has been threatening players for several days. A subject to which Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine returned to the set of “C à vous” Thursday, December 15, 2022. And for good reason, the sports journalist Daniel Riolo was the guest of the day.
“They came back to training. So, by Sunday, the virus must not continue to circulate. And it must not fall above all on Mbappé or Griezmann ”said half of Geraldine Maillet. “It’s a cluster in Doha in fact”, reacted the facilitator immediately.
A carnage which can be linked to several factors: very strong air conditioning, the recent drop in temperatures in Qatar, or even the circulation of covid-19 which has been skyrocketing lately… Especially since no negative test has is requested in Doha. “The mask is again compulsory in the mixed zone, as decreed by FIFA. Afterwards the tests are not compulsory, so no test, no Covid. Nobody is overzealous in these cases, but indeed it looks like it, “ indeed declared Jean-Philippe Leclaire, deputy editorial director of L’Équipe.
For his part, Didier Deschamps informed the Parisian that he wasn’t anxious about it. “The temperatures have dropped. There is full air conditioning. There are feverish states. We all pay attention. With strained organisms and fatigue, players’ immune defenses are weaker. Dayot, it happened just after the game against England, it’s no coincidence. We adapt to the situation without becoming paranoid. We took our precautions.” he told our colleagues. Patience, you will therefore have to keep your cool for a few more hours…
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