N’Golo Kanté, di French midfield hero, don talk say im heart set on leading di Bleus to anoda World Cup title. During press conference before di match against Senegal for di first day, e yarn say: ‘We dey for a group wey get strong teams, and all of dem go give dia best. E dey very important to start well and win, and we dey prepare strong for dat. We know our opponents well and we want to begin this journey di best way.’
E add: ‘Di group dey in shape and we dey very excited to start di adventure. We don play two good matches and now we don ready to go. We really want to start di tournament well and reach di end.’
Di French team go kick off dia 2026 World Cup dis Tuesday evening against Senegal. Before dat, Kanté wey be 35 years old midfielder don warn im teammates. E say: ‘We get group wey strong and opponents wey go give dia maximum. To no get surprise, e dey important to start with victory. We dey feel good. We dey eager to start. We want to enter di competition well. Di final na target for us, just like many odda teams. But e go very hard. We go take matches one by one.’
Kanté also talk: ‘We appreciate di support of our fans across di world. Plenty people dey support us. E good to get confidence, we must believe for ourselves. But plenty things fit happen, we go need to adapt. Our main opponent na ourselves. We go need to be focused. We dey led by di coach, we don wait long for di competition to start. We dey give 100%, we dey follow di coach instructions, all our players dey count. We dey work everyday to prepare dis first match well.’
E explain: ‘We get plenty qualities for di team, but odda teams get too. We must not see ourselves too fine, even though we must believe for ourselves. We go take matches one by one. Nothing dey guaranteed for us. Nothing don decide before time.’
