“We only want to talk about football”: the Blues have arrived in Germany and prefer not to talk about French politics

Upamecano et les Bleus préfèrent ne pas évoquer l’actualité politique brûlante de la France. MAXPPP – Alexandre MARCHI

En conférence de presse, les joueurs de l'équipe de France Dayot Upamecano et Kingsley Coman ont évacué les questions liées à l’actualité politique française, ce mercredi 12 juin.

The Blues have set foot in Germany and left France behind them. In any case, the political news in France. For the first press conference of the French team at the Home Deluxe Arena in Paderborn, their Euro training center, Kingsley Coman and Dayot Upamecano preferred to kick into touch. questions related to the recent European elections, this Wednesday.

Did they follow the results ? Did they talk about it among themselves ? "I didn't come to talk this side. I prefer to talk about football", brushed off the Bayern Munich defender.

"We didn't talk about it between us"

His teammate in Bavaria, winger Kingsley Coman, had done the same a little earlier. "We didn't talk about it between us. We have a competition to prepare for. We only want to talk about football", explained the attacker.

The Blues discovered on Wednesday the hotel and the training center which will welcome them during this Euro in Germany. Their first match will pit them against Austria, Monday June 17 (9 p.m.), in Düsseldorf.