Lloris explains the key to the penalty missed by Kane, whom he knows from Tottenham

The England team said goodbye to the Qatar 2022 World Cup in the quarterfinals, in an unexpected outcome in the clash against France: Harry Kane missed a penalty after 84 minutes, losing the opportunity to put the partial 2-2 on the scoreboard. That situation determined the defeat of ‘The Three Lions’ and Hugo Lloris, the French goalkeeper, referred to the one-on-one with his teammate at Tottenham.

The experienced goalkeeper, captain of ‘Les Bleus’, knows the English goalscorer perfectly, given that they have met at ‘Spurs’ for almost a decade. In this sense, the 37-year-old soccer player revealed his strategy when he was placed under the three posts in the two maximum penalties that were charged in regular time of the game.

“For the first one, we know each other so well that I thought I would change direction”, confessed Lloris in an interview for the Twitter account of the French team. Paying attention to his instincts and the information he had from his friend, the goalkeeper launched to the left, but the ball entered from the right (54′).

Precisely, Hugo explained that he decided to vary his strategy for the second penalty that Kane had (84′): he chose the post that Harry usually finishes off. “He stuck with the usual, so I went the right way on the new shot. Certainly, he must have been feeling the pressure.”the goalkeeper said.

“He raised the ball a bit, forced the definition. It was an important moment of the game.”Lloris concluded in his interpretation. Precisely, the ‘Citizen’ executed in a similar way to the first, but this time he applied more force, seeing the success of his teammate in Tottenham, and sent the ball over the crossbar.

When does France vs. Morocco?

The game France vs. Morocco, for the semifinal of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, will be played next Wednesday, December 14, from 2:00 pm (Peruvian time), at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor. Let’s remember that the Moroccan team qualified after beating Portugal 1-0.