This Sunday, December 4, the Blues led by Didier Deschamps thrilled all of France by qualifying brilliantly for the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar. Thanks to the opener from Olivier Giroud then a double from the phenomenal striker Kylian Mbappé, the French team dominated their opponent Poland 3 goals to 1. But during the course of the match, an unusual event did not fail to happen. ‘draw attention. As he was going to make a touch, the French side Jules Koundé was asked by one of the referees of the meeting to remove the necklace he was wearing around his neck.
After the meeting, during the press conference, a foreign journalist questioned Didier Deschamps on the reason for wearing a necklace, and in particular whether it was synonymous with supporting the LGBT+ community: “No, no, no, it’s because he has no right… After all, I don’t know what’s on his collar. Jules Koundé, it’s a bit of a superstition, he has it in training, I didn’t look at the meaning. Besides, I told him ‘luckily I’m not in front of you’…”, reacted Didier Deschamps by mimicking the fact that if that had been the case, he would have ripped off the necklace unceremoniously. And to add: “Players are not allowed to wear bracelets or necklaces. They are not going to play with a watch or sunglasses… I thought he was taking it off but apparently it wasn’t the case“, clarified the coach, a little annoyed by this gap from his player.