Very close to being France’s hero in the 2022 World Cup final against Argentina last December, Randal Kolo Muani is still struggling to digest his failed action in extra time.
Like Zinédine Zidane in 1998, Randal Kolo Muani could have become a legend of French sport. But unlike the former attacking midfielder of Real Madrid, who offered the first star to the tricolor country at the Stade de France by scoring a brace in the final against Brazil, the Frankfurt striker failed by nothing against Emiliano Martinez . While he had managed to change the face of the match with the other entrants of Didier Deschamps, in particular by causing Kylian Mbappé’s first penalty, the former Nantes player had the match point at the end of the end of the suspense. But in the 120th minute of play, at the end of a rather crazy extra time, the 24-year-old stumbled on the Argentinian goalkeeper on a successful volley after a deep opening from Konaté… A missed opportunity that still haunts Kolo Muani.
“I still have hatred! »
“When you tell yourself that you have the ball of the 3rd star, it fucks the hate”
Randal Kolo Muani on the occasion in the 2022 World Cup final 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/GyFKuqJjwg
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“During the final, at 0-2, the coach sent me to warm up with Marcus Thuram. We quickly come into play. And when I returned to the field, I wanted to smash everything. It was seen, knowing that on my first ball, I made a big mistake. The missed opportunity at the very end of extra time? I still hate! When you tell yourself that you have the ball for the third star, that you could liberate an entire people, an entire nation, it drives you crazy… Afterwards when you watch the video of the action again, you see that there was Mbappé to the left, which you could have shifted, but at the time, it’s going too fast! When the ball comes down, it’s one, two, and I shoot.explained, on Canal +, RKM, who can move on unless he takes revenge by offering a trophy to the France team, whether at Euro 2024 or the 2026 World Cup.
