ANALYSE – Chronicle of an announced advent. After ten years of (very) good and loyal service within the France team, the pivot has logically inherited the armband in view of the World Cup (January 14-February 2).
Could it even be otherwise? At the beginning of last November, when Luka Karabatic announced his decision to no longer be the captain of the France team, the vote that followed within the squad turned into a plebiscite: twenty votes cast, all in favor of Ludovic Fabregas. Not that the French team lacks leaders with Nedim Remili or Dika Mem, to name a few. Simply, the personality of the 28-year-old pivot was unanimous.
More consensual than an outspoken Remili who could turn against him at any time, more comfortable in the media exercise than a Mem, Fabregas had also been dubbed by his predecessor, when the latter had explained the reasons for his choice. “It was a desire on my part”said the younger brother of Nikola Karabatic, retired since the end of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. “Four years until the next Games in Los Angeles is too much, I can’t plan that far ahead. That’s why…
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