Not prodigious enough at 20 or 21 years old, players who have evolved the longest in the French Hopes team did not manage to settle permanently then among the A. Mickaël Landreau, record holder of selections with the blueberries (46 matches), has become a correct lining on the upper floor, but Florent Sinama-Pongolle, Amine Gouiri, Anthony Le Tallec, Peguy Luyinndula, Stéphane Dalmat, Olivier Sorlin, Sébastien Corchia and Jérémy Berthod, who all have more than 25 selections in hopes, have not tasted the EDF or even at all.
The observation is all the more visible when taking the historical ranking of the scorers of tricolor hopes. Odsonne Édouard has become the top scorer in history in this age category (17 achievements) ahead of Peguy Luyinndula (16 achievements) in March 2021. Sébastien Haller and Moussa Dembélé, both 13 goals, are on the third podium match. Sinama-Pongolle, second most hoped for hopes behind Landreau (37 matches), only scored 9 times.
Luyinndula soon caught up?
Rayan Cherki can now exceed Peguy Luyindula then Odsonne Édouard. The OL playmaker is dazzling with the Hopes, with whom he has been playing since September 2021. In a friendly match of Gala against England of Jobe Bellingham, Saturday in Lorient, for a 5-3 success, the 21-year-old dribbler was a decisive passer twice, for Quentin Merlin then Hugo Ekitike (author of a triple), before scoring the 5th goal of the 5th goal Gérald Batic training!
Courted by the Algerian Federation when he has his first real full season with the Gones, Cherki obviously decided to wait a little and continue with the hopes, probably to compete in Euro U21 in June. Unless one call by Didier Deschamps in the French team. The Blueberries play another friendly match on Monday, against Slovakia, and probably one or two preparation games at the end of May before facing the Euro Espoirs, Portugal, Georgia and Poland in the group phase.
