The contrast is quite striking. In the aftermath of the sad performance of the French team in Croatia (2-0), the hopes, on the contrary, offered an ultra-spectacular match against England (5-3), in Lorient, in a friendly match for the euro this summer.
Ironically, it is a player whose Didier Deschamps happened who feasted with the Blueberries, in this case Rayan Cherki. While his team was led 1-0, the playmaker of Olympique Lyonnais only needed a few minutes to deliver two assists, for Quentin Merlin (4th) and Hugo Ekitike (7th).
Cherki, Ekitike, Odobert, it delights!
Overall, the attack on the team of Gérald Baticle shone. We will also remember the two offerings of Wilson Odobert for Hugo Ekitike (35th, 55th), which thus offers a hat -trick. It was Rayan Cherki himself who scored the fifth tricolor goal (76th), while Maghnes Akliouche was less in sight.
This match thus confirms the attacking potential of the Blueberries a few months from the Euro Espoirs. On the other hand, we must not obscure the terrible defensive deficiencies, with three very suspects conceded (2nd, 37th, 61st), without forgetting this 4-4 ball missed by Harvey Elliott on penalty (65th). But in the satisfaction and certainties register, the name of Rayan Cherki can be written.
