Lloris reacts to Lucas Hernandez injury: We have to stay together
France defender Lucas Hernandez is out of the World Cup after rupturing his ACL against Australia.
The 26-year-old
Hernandezruptured the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee in
France’s 4-1 victory over Australia on Tuesday night.
France has already lost Karim Benzema and Christopher Nkunku due to injuries in the past few days. Paul Pogba, N'Golo Kante, and Presnel Kimpembe also missed the World Cup due to injuries.
After the game, France captain
Hugo Llorissaid his teammates should stay together and keep their focus.
"It's never good to see one of your team-mates leaving the field in that way,"
he said.
"I believe it's an important injury.
"He's not the first one, but we have to continue to look forward. Unfortunately we could not count on him, but we have a team with other players that we trust.
"We have to stay together and keep believing, keep our focus on that."
Lloris added:
"We have important players left on the side for injuries, but luckily we have a lot of talented players in France, players we can trust, because they have the talent, the mentality and the desire to perform at the highest level.
"We try to create something special inside the team day by day. We try to enjoy the moment, not only on the pitch but also off the pitch.
"We have to take it game by game. Obviously it's a World Cup, there's no easy games and we have to be ready to face difficulties. When we face difficulties, we have to make sure that everybody raises their level."
The previous three holders have exited the World Cup at the group stage but France after victory against Australia is in a good position to qualify for the next stage.
"We're obviously pleased with the result and pleased with the performance,"
Lloris said.
"I believe we had a good start in that game, but unfortunately we conceded that goal. We also lost one of our team-mates in this action by injury.
"But the team stayed calm, and we took control of the game and slowly started to dominate and created chances, then we scored one and two.
"Second half, I think we controlled perfectly. It's a good start."
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