A class apart: France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris on threshold of history

16-Dec-2022 15:57:39 | The Guardian

Victory over Argentina would make the 35-year-old the first captain to win two men’s World Cups

Hugo Lloris heard the mating call of the English press. “You got two minutes?” one of the journalists asked. The France goalkeeper and captain did not have two seconds. “Oh, you want to talk to me now?” he replied, with no little huffiness, barely breaking stride en route to the stadium exit.

It was last Saturday night, France had just beaten England in the World Cup quarter-final and it was not immediately apparent what was eating Lloris. Turns out he was fuming at an article in one of the English newspapers that suggested he could be France’s weak link.