“It’s really good to play against other teams, and especially teams not from England, because we are going to play Europe this year and we will play against other teams from other countries. This is a good test for us, and we showed that we can be competitive and we are good also against any teams.
“I enjoyed the week. I come here every year. When I was at Wolfsburg, I was also coming here. It's always a pleasure to come here. It's nice weather and nice landscape.”
Looking ahead to a return to Wembley, Lacroix smiled: “I’m really excited, because it's always special to play at Wembley – especially with our fans.
“Like I said last time, ‘Wembley will shake’ – and I hope and I guess we will go again to win this trophy.”