The pair spoke to us before jetting off to Russia. Hugo is full in his praise of Spurs team-mate Christian and knows that France’s hopes of topping Group C are likely to rest with them stopping Denmark’s talisman today (Tuesday, 3pm UK).
“Christian has the key role for his nation and a lot of responsibility on his shoulders but I think he’s just an amazing player and obviously he would like to shine,” said Hugo.
“It’s going to be a difficult game and the decisive one as well because it is the third match in the group.