Hugo Llorisworld champion goalkeeper with France in 2018 and runner-up in 2022, announced his withdrawal from the national team on Monday, a decision that justifies that he has “given everything” and “you have to know how to take over”
In an interview with the sports newspaper L’Equipe, Lloris points out that after fourteen seasons defending the shirt of France and At 36, he considers that he has reached “the end”.
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“I have decided to end my international career, with the feeling that I have given everything,” he adds.
The goalkeeper of Tottenham The Londoner justifies the timing of the announcement because there are two and a half months left for the start of the qualifying phase for Euro 2024 and “out of respect for the coach and the players”, so that they can have a fresh start.
Lloris explains that the possibility of achieving a second consecutive world championship and breaking the record for caps with France motivated him to continue with the ‘bleus’ until the Qatar championship.
“What has really pushed me in recent months is the World Cup,” he asserts. He explains that when he is a goalkeeper “you can stay in your bubble” and adds that he has lived through six final phases as captain.
“It’s exhausting and I see that I no longer recover mentally as before. I finished (the World Cup) exhausted,” he says.
And the relief?
Hugo Lloris considers that the French goal will be well covered with his relief, Mike Mainan.
“There is a goalkeeper who is ready and I need to have a little time for myself, my family and my children,” he stresses, before stating that “you have to know how to take over.”
“I hope that disconnecting a little more will allow me to continue playing at the highest level for several years and that I will have more freshness,” says Lloris, who has a contract with Tottenham until 2024.
Lloris, who made his debut with the French team in November 2008 in a friendly played in Paris against Uruguay, He is one of the record men of the French national team.
In the recent World Cup in Qatar, he became the player who has worn the French shirt the most times, with 145 caps (beating Lilian Thuram and his 142), and with 20 games he is the goalkeeper with the most appearances in the final phases of World Cups.
With France, in addition to the 2018 World Cup and the 2022 runner-up, he achieved a League of Nations in 2021 and was a finalist in the Euro 2016.
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