French keeper and captain Hugo Lloris said playing against Argentina in Sunday’s final of the World Cup is enough medicine to make his ill teammates fit.
About five regulars of the Les Blues are down with flu as they pursue a back-to-back title. Defenders Raphael Varane and Ibrahima Konate did not train on Friday they took ill Wednesday following Adrien Rabiot, Dayot Upamecano and Kingsley Coman who had been down since their semi-final win over Morocco.
“We are going to try and do our best in spite of the circumstances,” Lloris said.
“I think thanks to the adrenaline and the excitement we will feel we will all be fit enough and ready to do whatever we can to win this last battle.
“In the past we have proved that French teams who have been successful have always based that success on a strong team spirit.
“So we try to draw from that, there is a very good feeling in the camp since the beginning of the tournament and there is no reason why that shouldn’t be the same again tomorrow.”