The 2022 World Cup kicks off on Sunday at 5:00 pm with a meeting with Qatar, the host country, and Ecuador. About the most prestigious competitions, the news is racing: the announcement of the last lists, the compilation of selections since Monday, the issue of human rights … Follow with us the last days before the start of the World Cup.
1:45 pm: The French team announces its support for NGOs working to protect human rights
Asked for several weeks to take a position on the issue of human rights in Qatar, the French team announced on Tuesday that it is cooperating with NGOs working for the cause. “Our passions should not be the cause of the misfortune of some,” wrote the Blues in an open letter.
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12:25pm: For Messi, France, Brazil and England are ‘a little bit above the rest’
Brazil, France and England are “a little ahead” of the teams participating in the Qatar World Cup (November 20 – December 18), according to the estimation of the star and captain of the Argentine national team, Lionel Messi.
“Every time we talk about the favorites (for the title), we talk about the same teams. If I had to put a few above others, I think Brazil, France and England are a little higher than the rest,” he said in an interview published by the federation on Monday. “But the World Cup So difficult and so complex that anything can happen,” he qualified.
Asked about Argentina, who also have strong ambitions – the team won the 2021 Copa America and have been unbeaten since July 2019 – Messi again called for restraint.
“We are full of hope, we have a very good team and are very motivated but we have to get there little by little. We know that groups in the World Cup are not easy,” said the seven-time Ballon d’Or player, who has regained all his energy with PSG since the start of the season.
He was very diligent with the Parisian club contre Auxerre (victoire 5-0) after the rejoinder of the Albiceleste in Abu Dhabi, the emirate of Qatar, because he was loyal to the millennials of his people in an entrainment public.
Argentina, twice World Cup winner (1978, 1986), will start its tournament against Saudi Arabia on November 22, before facing Mexico on November 26, then Poland on November 30, in Group C.
12:00 p.m.: Discover the official photo of the French selection
The 26 players, Didier Deschamps and his crew, took a break on Tuesday for the official photo at Clairefontaine.
11:50 am: Australians want to focus on France, not human rights
The players of the Australian national football team announced, on Monday, that they are putting aside human rights issues in Qatar to focus on their first match in the World Cup against France, the defending champion. The Socceroos team posted a video on social media last month in which about 15 players spoke out against rights violations in Qatar, while acknowledging that progress had been made.
Asked at a news conference about the legacy the World Cup could leave in the tiny Gulf gas country, Australian striker Mitchell Duke said the team’s players are now focused on the tournament. “Honestly, I think we synced things up really well with what was said before,” said Duke, who is among the 16 players in the video filmed at the team’s base camp in Doha. “We did that on purpose before we all went to camp because now our main priority is just to focus on the football side of things.”
“What we said in this video has been said, what needs to be heard has been heard, and now quite frankly we just take care of football, we don’t talk about all that anymore” he insisted, outlining a 31-year-old who developed in Japan. “We have some work to do here during the World Cup to represent Australia, so that’s our main priority right now.”
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10:30 a.m.: Reunion with the Blues
The French national team players met in Clairefontaine on Monday in a good mood. After the press conference by Didier Deschamps and Hugo Lloris, they took part in their first training session of the evening. Raphael Varane and Karim Benzema, with uncertain physical shapes, took part.
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The Blues arrive at Clairefontaine on Monday
Benjamin Pavard. Sipa’s photo
Ousmane Dembele. Sipa’s photo
Aureline Choameni. Sipa’s photo
Adrian Rabiot. Sipa’s photo
Karim Benzema. Sipa’s photo
Kylian Mbappe. Sipa’s photo
Jules Conde. Sipa’s photo
10:18 a.m.: The day the Portuguese gather
The players selected met Portugal on Monday and held their first training session ahead of the World Cup. The Portuguese national team will play a friendly match against Nigeria on Thursday in South AfricaJose Alvalade XXI Stadium in Lisbon.
Meanwhile, what could Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo, his Manchester United teammates, say to each other when they met? Did the midfielder tell his captain about his outing with the club and coach Erik ten Hag in an interview on Sunday?
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