France defender Theo Hernandez has sent a message to Argentina captain Lionel Messi ahead of the FIFA World Cup on Sunday.
Les Blues have a chance to successfully defend their World Cup title after they defeated Morocco in the semi-finals on Wednesday night.
A lot of the talk heading into the game will be about Messi, who could be playing his final game for the national side.
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Hernandez, however, claims the French are not afraid of the Paris Saint-Germain star who has already netted five goals this campaign.
"We must recover for Sunday. We are not scared of Messi, but Argentina are an incredible team and we have a few days to work," the defender told Gazetta dello Sport.
"Now we must think about the Final, I am tired but it's so good to win a World Cup semi-final."
Olivier Giroud, who became France's all-time leading scorer recently, claims they are not going to allow Messi to have the best night.
Messi is an incredible player, but we are not going to let him enjoy the best night he can have. We want to win this game. We want to win another World Cup.
"We will try everything to stop him. But there is not only Messi in that team. They have got great players who work for the team also. I think that is why they are so strong."
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