Lately, only the French team has been able to put a smile on Randal Kolo Muani’s face. Very little considered by Luis Enrique at PSG, where he remains determined to gain playing time, the 25-year-old striker scored his last three goals with the Blues, against Belgium in the Nations League, including a double scored at Brussels on the way back. He was also expected against Israel on Thursday evening at the Stade de France, where Didier Deschamps had started him up front.
But the Parisian, credited with a rating of 3/10 in the newspaper
The Teamwas not more inspired than his teammates during this meeting, punctuated by a draw (0-0). Enough to once again revive the debate on its level and its status. Is “RKM” the center forward that the France team needs to succeed Olivier Giroud? For Stéphane Guy, the former Nantes player is not indisputable and other players would not necessarily do worse than him as number 9.
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“It makes you laugh but if you put (Ludovic) Ajorque there, instead of Kolo Muani, is it worse than what we saw there?asked the journalist on the set of
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A proposal validated by Johan Micoud, who finds that the SB29 attacker has “a profile a bit like Giroud” and could therefore be a good point of support for his offensive friends.
Because beyond Kolo Muani, the consultant for the L’Equipe channel finds that the three players lined up in front by Deschamps have not combined enough. “You play with three attacking players and you realize that (Bradley) Barcola didn’t pass to Kolo Muani. For me, these are things that make me hallucinatehe lamented. You have three players in front, it’s still the base that these players are looking for. Even (Michael) Olise: only two passes to Kolo Muani…”
Johan Micoud dismayed
And the former international continued: “There is no combination, no connection, there is nothing. I find it mind-blowing. In addition Barcola played 70 minutes and Kolo Muani the whole match. The attackers are the basis for connecting with each other to cause problems for the opponent. There, everyone does their own thing. » The succession of Olivier Giroud and Antoine Griezmann is definitely difficult to assume. And the absence of Kylian Mbappé for this gathering doesn’t help matters…
