France/Côte d’Ivoire: Lucas Hernandez reacts after the defeat | OneFootball

Lucas Hernandez, the 30-year-old Paris Saint-Germain and France national team defender, stopped to speak to TF1 and in the mixed zone after Les Bleus’ 1-2 defeat to Ivory Coast on Thursday evening in a warm-up match for the 2026 World Cup (France/Ivory Coast video highlights).

TF1:

Hernandez: “It’s still a preparation match.”

“We always want to win, we’re always hungry, but well, we’re in preparation. There were a lot of changes, the team rotated a lot. It’s still a preparation match. We’ll still need to improve a few things. But this is the path to follow to get off to a good start on June 16 against Senegal.

You won the Champions League, so morale is still high going into the World Cup?

Of course. With PSG, we had an extraordinary season, one for the history books. But, as I’ve always said, that’s the past. Now, the present is France and the World Cup. We’ll have to work hard to arrive on June 16 in the best possible way. A World Cup is wonderful for the players and for the French public, and we want to make them proud.

Hernandez: “We’re ready.”

In the mixed zone:

How are the Parisians doing physically?

We’re in great shape, we didn’t have a day off, so we’re ready, 100%. If the coach and the team need us, need me, we’re ready.”

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