“Smile. It’s in a box.This Tuesday, the French national team published on their social networks the official photo of the 26 players selected by Didier Deschamps and his staff for the World Cup in Qatar. A photo that bleeds a lot of ink.
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As always, the players and staff members of the French national team are arranged in three rows. Didier Deschamps, sitting in the center of the front row and surrounded by his bosses. With the absence of Presnel Kimpembe, N’Golo Kanté or Paul Pogba, all packages, “DD” have new soldiers. Kylian Mbappe on the left, Antoine Griezmann on the right. Karim Benzema and Olivier Giroud slightly higher.
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Netizens are going wild…
The first problem in this photo is balance. 26 players commit, plus four crew members. Ten men per line, but an imbalance created by the color of the jerseys.
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The second major issue with the photo is framing. Blues pose in front of a white wall at Clairefontaine. A shot that seems to be taken hastily, boringly, without emotions.
Not to mention the expression of some players who look tense, stunned, tense. Let’s hope the French are more comfortable with the ball. In 2018, they were photographed outside before flying to Russia.
… others cry racism
It is the atmosphere of the photo that is widely criticized on social networks. “Disgusting“, “real cat“, or “innovative” are the comments we find. Because before the well-lit shot above, a much more boring photo was published by many media outlets.
Finally, the place of the players worries some Internet users. The Blues’ stars are logically around Didier Deschamps. Only many of the Internet users complain about the black players of this team, mostly in the last row. “Patric Evra was right”, lost one of them, referring to the former defender’s words that there is racism in the federation. A photo finally sparks many conversations…
Source: Le Figaro
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