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00:00More, let's cross to Leipzig, France 24's Celina Sykes joins us.
00:05Celina, the French fans taking it in stride, it seems.
00:09Take a listen. They've even come up with a song.
00:12Celina Sykes, have you encountered many masked men in the streets of Leipzig?
00:32Well, look, François, we've literally just arrived a few moments ago and for now, even
00:39at our station stop earlier, we've seen a lot more Dutch than French has to be said
00:44and for now, there's definitely a lot more Dutch people around than French fans for now,
00:49but a few French fans so far, it would have to be said that the few that we've seen are
00:54definitely already confident with or without their star striker, Kylian Mbappé, of course,
00:59the captain of the French side, still a doubt for this evening after breaking his nose in
01:04the opener on Monday against Austria. Obviously, all the fans, the French fans here are keen
01:12to see him play, though the French manager, Didier Deschamps, has made it clear that while
01:17they would be very happy to have him in their side, if he does not feature this evening,
01:21there are other players that can step up, as the report said there, most likely Olivier
01:26Giroud or Rondelle Colomanie. Other than that, obviously, we've seen Kylian Mbappé,
01:31the question is what mask he would be wearing in tonight's game. Obviously,
01:35a lot of French fans getting excited when we saw him with that tricolor mask in yesterday's
01:41training session. It has been confirmed that if he does feature this evening, he wouldn't be able
01:46to wear that mask because it doesn't conform to UEFA regulations. It would have to be just
01:51one color, François. Yeah, and we're waiting on, of course, the official lineups when they
01:58come out. Didier Deschamps, Keiji? That's right, he made it very clear in the press
02:08conference yesterday, Didier Deschamps, that France will be able to get the job with or
02:13without their star striker. There might be an element of mind games in this, François,
02:18for their opponents, the Netherlands. I think that's also why maybe whether or not Mbappé
02:23will be featuring this evening has been kept as a bit of a mystery.

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