Cherki: I didn't know you could foul dozens of times without a card

  /  autty

After France's 1-0 victory over Paraguay to advance to the quarterfinals, Cherki was interviewed by beIN SPORTS.

Rayan, you've successfully advanced, and we'll remember that, even though this match was physically exhausting and competitively difficult.

We know that when facing South American teams, they're not on the field to make friends. But today, we put our heart and soul into this game to remind everyone that the French team isn't just about beautiful football; even if the game is tough, we will fight to the end.

Yes, Mbappe also said after the game, "If we need to do the dirty work, we will do it (original words: put our hands in the shit)." Was this something you all agreed on before the match?

If it were me, I wouldn't say just use our hands (to do the dirty work); we will put our whole selves into it, we don't quibble over details. In short, to win the FIFA World Cup, no calculations are needed. Today we held nothing back, so we are very happy.

Rayan, the quarter-finals will see France face Morocco. Given the deep relationship between the two countries, this will be a very significant match.

Of course, of course, it will be a great match for us and for them. Now, we have a few days to recover well, and when it's time to think about this match, don't worry, we will be 100% committed to it.

Here's a statistic: there were three yellow cards in this match, and all of them went to France.

What do you want me to say? I didn't even know before that they could commit dozens of fouls without getting a card. But that's okay, today we won because we showed the level we should have.

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