At Tignes, where the French team are on a training camp, this Tuesday Mathieu Valbuena gave his first international press conference. He gave a run down on his first steps with the "Bleus": "My first impressions are great. I saw everyone at the meal on Tuesday night, which went very well. I received a great welcome, I'm delighted and happy to be here. The players had a lot of nice things to say to me. I met back up with some former team-mates like Francky (Ribéry), Djibril (Cissé) or Cédric (Carrasso). It's great to see them and we remembered some good times. I'm calm, feeling great and the welcome I received was important in putting me at ease. Especially as I was congratulated on winning the title, it's comforting. I feel good here. I'm going to progress".
