Rayan Cherki, forward for the France national team: “It is an immense disappointment. Today we lost to ourselves; we did not lose to the referee or to Spain.
“Everyone knows that we scare everyone. The only ones capable of eliminating us were ourselves”, he said after the loss to Spain in the World Cup semifinals.
France will now have to settle for playing the third-place match, which will be held next Saturday to begin determining the competition’s podium.