"Uruguay will be very competitive with or without Cavani"

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Matuidi who attended the media at the gala gathering at the New Jerusalem Museum in Istra, knows that he will not be able to play the Nizhny Novgorod match because of the Accumulation of warnings, but he did not

About Cavani said that "e s a very generous person, who never gives up and will do everything possible until the last moment to be in the field ", who suffered a problem in the left calf during the eighth match against Portugal after scoring both goals from his team.

"Uruguay is not the same with him or without He is a great striker, one of the best in the world, we know his qualities, it will be difficult to replace ", said Matuidi, who thought that this could be a disadvantage for the Washington Tabarez team " It will not change too much In his style of play, he will be a very strong team. competitive. "

The Toulouse southpaw also said that Luis Suárez is also a great striker. "He plays in one of the biggest clubs in the world and he is hard to score, he also likes the duel, he is very rubbery", says Matuidi, who pointed out the French headlines, Raphael Varane (Real Madrid)) and Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona), on "they know very well and will do everything they can to cancel it."

He admits that they know that "will be a very difficult game" "matches very few goals, only one in this World Cup", which "shows his strength"

Despite this, he considers that France is able to "put any team in difficulty thanks to the talent" "of its players. " We regained confidence after the match against him. Argentina, but we were always the same from the beginning " said the player of Juventus.

He explains that the French coach Didier Deschamps has not changed."

"The most important for him is how to put the adversary in a difficult situation, which allows the French team to work well and progress positively", commented Matuidi, who acknowledged that he was crying when he realized that he could not play the quarterfinals, but that he would do "all he could" to help his teammates. Asked who will relieve him in the eleven, he responds that it is a technician's decision, but that "anyone" who replaces him is qualified.

"I have a lot of confidence in this group, we will give everything, no matter q Who is in alignment.We are all like family" affirmed the Juventino, who enjoyed the atmosphere that exists in the group in the concentration.

"During the matches we played, including those in the group stage in which everything was not perfect, we showed that we are hard to beat, a strong team that grants little and we have lost only once in recent months, against Colombia, which shows our strength, " added.

Finally he badured that "although Uruguay does not allow space, Mbappé can find them".