ON Sunday night, members of the French squad were understandably jubilant. The news from home had come as a positive surprise. The exit polls had shown that the far right wouldn't get the keys to power in the country. Jules Kounde, Kylian Mbappe and Marcus Thuram had all urged the people of France to go out and vote against the National Rally. Now, it's hard to decisively say whether their call to action had any sort of effect but you could see the effect the result of the election have had on the French team. Ibrahima Konate was a relieved man on X. Ousmane Dembele had posted a picture of him smiling on Instagram. Kounde congratulated the 'people of France' and called it a 'beautiful country' for denying the far right the right to govern. Aurelien Tchouameni called it 'the victory of the people' on X.
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