While Kylian Mbappé, Antoine Griezmann and N’Golo Kanté were absent during the last international break, Didier Deschamps entrusted the captain’s armband of the France team to Aurélien Tchouameni. Asked about his new role, the Real Madrid midfielder confessed.
For various reasons, Didier Deschamps was deprived of his first three captains from the September gathering during the last international break. First of all, Kylian Mbappé was spared because he recently returned from injury. Afterwards, Antoine Griezmann retired as a team France. Finally, N’Golo Kante was forfeited due to a physical problem.
Tchouameni recovered Mbappé’s armband in Blue
Forced to choose a brand new captain, Didier Deschamps entrusted the armband to Aurélien Tchouameni against Israel and the Belgium (October 10 and 14). During an interview given to Téléfootnumber 8 of the team France opened up about his new role.
“It felt weird going on the field first”
« Captain of the French team and co-presenter of a show (The Bridge), is that rare? It’s true that it’s quite rare. We try to do things that are quite unique, that are a little out of the ordinary, so I think we’re good. The captain’s armband? It was a first for me with the French team, so I welcomed it with lots of enthusiasm and a lot of pride. It felt a little weird going on the pitch first, but I got a little used to it after the second game so it’s okay.”confided Aurélien Tchouamenimidfielder of Real Madrid and the team of Franceon TF1.
