England-France, in the quarter-finals of the World Cup, tonight, in Qatar. Too bad for the other readers, those who – what an idea! – refuse to bow down to the sport-king; those who devote a passion to it will, on the other hand, be enchanted by the newspaper racks this morning, in newsstands, in France.
England-France ” royal shock “, the first page of the newspaper The Parisian. ” Attention, exceptional poster “, Adds this One illustrated by a photo-montage on which the scorers Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappé, fingers pointed in a sign of challenge, look at each other.
England-France, echoes that of Figaro. It’s here “ the clash of the best enemies “. So, since shock is promised to us, let’s discover the well-tempered lexicon of the pre-match comments of these daily newspapers. The Parisian wonders, for example, if this “ dream poster » will turn to « legendary evening “. Like a US army officer intoxicated on the big screen by the smell of napalm, one of his special envoys in Doha, his nose in the wind, sniffed a “ perfume of final, a smell of winner “. The kick-off of this football game has not yet been whistled, but, without waiting, this enthusiastic colleague considers without laughing that this England-France ” could still be talked about in a hundred years ” (to check) ! While waiting to live this Saturday evening of dust and eternity » that promises us The Parisianthe Blues, tonight, will borrow a “ Channel Tunnel) “, he specifies, a tunnel which connects them to their dream of the last four and in which “ only a genius can enlighten them “. Abracadabra!
A genius ? But Kylian Mbappé, of course, and former Paris-Saint-Germain player David Ginola is not going to say the opposite. For the rest, in The Parisianthis morning, he did not say anything else, considering that ” the English must sleep very badly at the thought of facing him “. Good, but that’s it, it’s no longer time to sleep in Qatar anyway. And much more soberly, Le Figaro promises its readers a duel epic and burning “, a battle ” rough and intense “, the Blues wanting” strike a blow. And send our English friends back to London “, objective all the more attainable as the French team has in its ranks ” The best player in the world “, states this daily, according to which it is “ impossible to dream of a more beautiful Saturday evening in the desert “.
Morocco facing the glass ceiling
England-France, so it’s tonight… But before that, please don’t forget the other quarter-final of the day, Morocco-Portugal. How to forget it, indeed? Will Morocco break the glass ceiling? “ A great architect of Morocco’s success during this World Cup, coach Walid Regragui, in office since August 31, has composed a competitive and close-knit group. “, assures in goldsmith The Team. A Moroccan eleven assimilating a gondola head (Hakimi), sweaty jailers (Amrabat, Saïss), promises (Aguerd, Ounahi) or ghosts (Ziyech, Mazraoui) “. And the French sports daily paints the portrait – glowing, of course – of four of these players mentioned above. Where we learn, for example, that one of them, Sofiane Amrabat, has ” three lungs (is this authorized by the rules?)…
But there is better. Internet users to whom would come the desire to consult the site of the magazine SoFoot will also learn that Sofiane Amrabat is a ” outstanding brawler » but also a « bulldozer » or a « big cleaner “and that it’s him” the capo of the Atlas Lions “… The Portuguese players just have to watch out.
The United Cherifian Kingdom
It also goes without saying that the reporters of the newspaper The Team traveled to Casablanca and Rabat to take the pulse of Moroccan fans just hours before the quarter-final kick-off against Portugal. ” In the streets, motorists tore off the jerseys at 100 dirhams (9 euros), small and large flags, reports the sports daily (…) Because nothing seems to want to stop either the adventure of the Lions or the excitement of ‘a population that begins to dream out loud. [À Rabat]the stormy ocean announces the tumult of a historic day for the country “, States this journal.
So ! And the above is confined to the immediate future. By forgiving you of the immediate past, from the elimination of Brazil to penalties in particular. Otherwise, we would still be there for a long time.
So ? So the fracas of the world – the war in Ukraine, on the front page of Figaroor the famine in Somalia, on the inside pages of Release – are de facto relegated to the bench. The French press has put on its crampons.