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Lloris Apologizes After He Was Arrested For Drink-Driving

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According to British media quoting a police statement, Hugo Lloris tested positive for an alcohol test at a roadside check. The goalkeeper of the world champions was stopped at 2:30 in the night from Thursday to Friday while driving. The doorman apologized in a statement issued by his Tottenham club.

After the next rally of the French team, Hugo Lloris will have to go to court Tuesday, September 11. The goalkeeper of the France team and Tottenham has indeed taken the wheel under the influence of alcohol. On the night of Thursday to Friday, it underwent a positive control at Gloucester Place, in the center of the British capital. ” Hugo Lloris was charged with drunk driving on Friday, August 24. He was released on bail and will appear in Westminster court on Tuesday, Sept. 11, ” police said in a statement.

According to The Sun , the captain of the French team, who won the World Cup last July, spent nearly seven hours in detention before being charged and released on bail. In England, the legal driving limit authorized by the Highway Code is 0.8 g / l of blood. Another British daily, the Daily Mail , reports that Lloris has dined at the Bagatelle, a French-Mediterranean restaurant in the Mayfair district, along with two other players who play in London, another world champion Olivier Giroud ( Chelsea ) and Laurent Koscielny ( Arsenal), absent from the Russian tournament due to injury. The newspaper published a photo posted on Instagram by DJ Alexandre Billard posing with the three Blues.

Lloris apologizes

” I want to apologize wholeheartedly to my family, the club, my teammates, the manager and all the supporters, ” said the porter in a statement issued by the Spurs. ” Drunk driving is totally unacceptable, I take full responsibility for my actions and this is not the example I want to give .”

French side, ” it’s a private affair that will not affect the next rally of the team of France “, since the goalkeeper will appear after the return of the Blues, reacted the Federation (FFF) to the Nigeria News. Noël Le Graët, the president of the FFF, will discuss this incident with the captain of the selection at this rally in September, we added. Didier Deschamps’ Les Bleus will make their comeback on the pitch by facing Germany on September 6 in Munich and the Netherlands on September 9 at the Stade de France as part of the League of Nations.



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