Nope he is not the best defender in this World Cup, wtf are you guys saying here...
Samuel Umtiti
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Nope he is not the best defender in this World Cup, wtf are you guys saying here...
Messi983
Senior Member
Was rooting for Croatia but I'm happy for Big Sam and Dembele. Congrats! 
Don't really care about comparisions between Varane and Umtiti. They have their strengths and weaknesses but they are both key players for France NT and their clubs. I wouldn't mind having Varane (especially for the price RM got him for) here but I'm more than happy with Umtiti. His form was a bit off in last months of the season (probably because of the injury) and at the start of the WC but in last two games I think he was at (or close to) his best again. Hopefully he'll get some well deserved rest now and then have another great (and injury free) season for us.
Don't really care about comparisions between Varane and Umtiti. They have their strengths and weaknesses but they are both key players for France NT and their clubs. I wouldn't mind having Varane (especially for the price RM got him for) here but I'm more than happy with Umtiti. His form was a bit off in last months of the season (probably because of the injury) and at the start of the WC but in last two games I think he was at (or close to) his best again. Hopefully he'll get some well deserved rest now and then have another great (and injury free) season for us.
JerseyAddict
Well-known member
I hope Umtiti will stay at the club for some significant time. Such quality player is not available for now.
Pepe Silvia
Active member
"A bit off"Was rooting for Croatia but I'm happy for Big Sam and Dembele. Congrats!
Don't really care about comparisions between Varane and Umtiti. They have their strengths and weaknesses but they are both key players for France NT and their clubs. I wouldn't mind having Varane (especially for the price RM got him for) here but I'm more than happy with Umtiti. His form was a bit off in last months of the season (probably because of the injury) and at the start of the WC but in last two games I think he was at (or close to) his best again. Hopefully he'll get some well deserved rest now and then have another great (and injury free) season for us.
FC433
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Loooool footage of Umtiti celebrating Ronaldo free kick against Spain <a href="https://t.co/5CW6A6F42Z">pic.twitter.com/5CW6A6F42Z</a></p>— Hustler (@Hustler_Futbol) <a href="https://twitter.com/Hustler_Futbol/status/1019311923530100736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
GOAT_SUAREZ
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why shouldn't he celebrate?
CatalinR10
Senior Member
why should he ?
GOAT_SUAREZ
New member
not sure, ask him.
El Flaco
Active member
Apparently, Umtiti was a guest for Canal+ Football Club in French TV last night
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Would be great if some French speakers here ([MENTION=19661]Jair Ventura[/MENTION] [MENTION=23081]Bulgroz[/MENTION] [MENTION=20741]Total-Football[/MENTION]) could make a brief summary of what Umtiti talked about.
There was hardly any translated quotes when I searched on Twitter
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Would be great if some French speakers here ([MENTION=19661]Jair Ventura[/MENTION] [MENTION=23081]Bulgroz[/MENTION] [MENTION=20741]Total-Football[/MENTION]) could make a brief summary of what Umtiti talked about.
There was hardly any translated quotes when I searched on Twitter
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Bulgroz
Senior Member
Watched it with some friends yesterday, don't think I got all of it, so can't really remember if he talked much about Barca, but the host seemed more interested by what he had to say about the French NT (which is pretty normal, considering it's a french show, and it's his first appearance since we won the WC).
He didn't say much, honestly. The general tone of the show is always pretty superficial, so he said some pretty basic stuff about French NT, said he wasn't afraid to lose his starter position after his pretty dumb penalty against Australia because he knew what he was capable of. They also talked about the fact that it took a couple years for him to become a regular starter with France NT (he wasn't even in the group for Euro 2016 at first, and managed to secure a last minute spot thanks to Mathieu giving up), and again he said he's always been confident, and he knew that some players needed more time than others.
He also talked about what he felt when France won, and what he's been feeling since then (the host mentioned that Deschamps said that winning the WC will change all of them for ever, and Umtiti obviously agreed).
Said a couple things about his belgium goal celebration. Basically, it's a silly walk he does sometimes with his friends. He did it in the locker room before the beginning of the game, not knowing that Deschamps was looking at him, so everyone made fun of him, and that's one of the reasons why he did it after scoring.
They showed a spot about kids from the club he used to play for before joining Lyon, where the kids asked him to: score an overhead volley instead of a header next time; stop using his hands; bring the WC to their tiny club someday, and also bring his France and Barca jerseys, "and Messi !". That was a pretty nice moment, made him laugh and he seemed slightly touched.
Oh and there was the whole thing about Vegedream by the end of the show. Basically, Vegedream is a guy who sang a rather generic song about France NT for the world cup. It came out between the semi and the final iirc, and the chorus is about Umtiti's weird walk. The singer was invited to sing the song, he sang like 15 seconds, and then just stopped the song to ask Umtiti to do the walk. Which he did, like nobody was watching (that's the second clip from your post).
All in all, even though he didn't say anything really out of the ordinary (but then again, nothing truly shocking ever happens during that type of show), he came out - as always imho - as a really laid-back and nice guy.
He didn't say much, honestly. The general tone of the show is always pretty superficial, so he said some pretty basic stuff about French NT, said he wasn't afraid to lose his starter position after his pretty dumb penalty against Australia because he knew what he was capable of. They also talked about the fact that it took a couple years for him to become a regular starter with France NT (he wasn't even in the group for Euro 2016 at first, and managed to secure a last minute spot thanks to Mathieu giving up), and again he said he's always been confident, and he knew that some players needed more time than others.
He also talked about what he felt when France won, and what he's been feeling since then (the host mentioned that Deschamps said that winning the WC will change all of them for ever, and Umtiti obviously agreed).
Said a couple things about his belgium goal celebration. Basically, it's a silly walk he does sometimes with his friends. He did it in the locker room before the beginning of the game, not knowing that Deschamps was looking at him, so everyone made fun of him, and that's one of the reasons why he did it after scoring.
They showed a spot about kids from the club he used to play for before joining Lyon, where the kids asked him to: score an overhead volley instead of a header next time; stop using his hands; bring the WC to their tiny club someday, and also bring his France and Barca jerseys, "and Messi !". That was a pretty nice moment, made him laugh and he seemed slightly touched.
Oh and there was the whole thing about Vegedream by the end of the show. Basically, Vegedream is a guy who sang a rather generic song about France NT for the world cup. It came out between the semi and the final iirc, and the chorus is about Umtiti's weird walk. The singer was invited to sing the song, he sang like 15 seconds, and then just stopped the song to ask Umtiti to do the walk. Which he did, like nobody was watching (that's the second clip from your post).
All in all, even though he didn't say anything really out of the ordinary (but then again, nothing truly shocking ever happens during that type of show), he came out - as always imho - as a really laid-back and nice guy.
Xaviniesta
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edit- wait, isn't this the toulouse coach who had that famous speech?
edit- wait, isn't this the toulouse coach who had that famous speech?
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Bulgroz
Senior Member
It's Pascal Dupraz, former Toulouse coach yes. Do you mean his speech about the player's families, during which he showed several clips of wives/kids talking to his players ? Didn't know it was famous.
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