Hugo Lloris faced some challenging questions last week during the pre-match press conference prior to the encounter against England.

He was asked for his opinion by a fellow citizen about how the English media were portraying him as France’s weak point.

The 35-year-old goalie avoided being duped by using all of his expertise as captain.

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“I don’t have any message for their media. I prefer to do my talking on the pitch. We don’t need any extra motivation,” he said.

Lloris can now be ready for questions about a lot more pleasant topic, one of a historical character, as he gears up for his second consecutive FIFA World CupTM Final for Les Bleus.

The veteran might become the first captain of a national team to win the prized trophy a second time after France eliminated Morocco.

For a player who is carrying the France armband for the third straight World Cup, it would be another exhilarating occasion.

He may have been at his best in Qatar 2022, turning in outstanding performances, particularly against England and Morocco in the quarterfinal and semifinal, respectively.

“We had to dig deep. We’re exhausted, but we’re happy.

“We’ve given ourselves a golden opportunity to be part of France’s history.

“It’s our second [World Cup] Final in four years,” said the goalkeeper after the triumph over the African nation.

Many players have missed out on the opportunity to win the World Cup a second time as captain throughout the tournament’s history, either because their teams lost or because they ceded the captaincy to a teammate.

One only needs to consider Bellini, a center back from Brazil, as an example. In 1958, in Sweden, he served as captain of the Seleço team that prevailed.

He received a second call-up for the World Cup in Chile four years later, but Mauro Ramos, the second Brazil captain to win the championship in a squad that had several players who competed in both competitions, beat him to the bench.

Curiously, Mauro was one of them. Despite being on the 1958 roster, he never left the bench because Bellini was the preferred player.

In fact, the hero of Sao Paulo and Santos had to wait until the second World Cup because he was also a non-playing replacement at Switzerland 1954.

Holding midfielder Dunga had the opportunity to win back-to-back championships in France 1998 after winning in the USA in 1994, but Zinedine Zidane and the hosts had other plans.

Les Bleus were crowned world champions for the first time thanks to their crushing 3-0 victory in the Final.

Brazil was the last team to advance to back-to-back finals before Lloris and his team secured their spot in Sunday’s Final.

Diego Maradona was also struck by the same emotion.

After his electrifying performance in Mexico in 1986, the Argentine superstar reached the Final once more in Italy in 1990, but Germany exacted retribution, preventing Maradona from winning the trophy for a second straight year.

Giuseppe Meazza, an Italian football hero and one of the four players who were two-time champions in 1934 and 1938, must be mentioned as we delve further into World Cup history.

He was the captain just for the second final, which was played in France, however he started both finals.

The goalkeeper Giampiero Combi had held the armband four years earlier.