Last Thursday, Mattéo Guendouzi honored his twelfth selection for the French team on the occasion of the quarter -first leg of the League of Nations against Croatia. And unfortunately for the Lazio player, it went very badly. The Blues have delivered a catastrophic match to Split and in particular a first period unworthy of its status as vice-champion in the reigning world. All the tricolors were below everything, but a sector of the game was pointed out: the midfielder. Aligned alongside Aurélien Tchouameni and Adrien Rabiot, Guendouzi drowned in Split. Overwhelmed in duels, unable to support the attack, the former Marseillais sank due to his too school style of play, even if you should not forget that Didier Deschamps' choice to align three circles with defensive profiles and not creators has helped anyone. But now, the evil was done and Guendouzi took very expensive in the hours that followed France's defeat in Croatia (0-2).
“From an average player at OM, we make him a holder in the French team. I have nothing against him personally, it is only a observation. I have no one else to put in his place. But tell me what is its strong point? Is he powerful? No. Fast ? No. Does he have a good shot? No. A good head game? No. It's average everywhere. However, in the French team, at least, have a strong point ”had let go of Jean-Michel Larqué at the microphone of RMC Sportimitated later by Johan Micoud. “I'm not going to hit it all the time because I have been saying for 10 years, but what swells me is that there is akliouche who is at his place, we take olise, he is on the bench, Cherki is at his house … (…) It is certain to create it is harder, so necessarily … otherwise we will continue with environments like that, we will remind Guendouzi, we will not like it … He, I find that he is a good player, I do not make a fixette, but every time he had the ball it's going behind, and it's a little bit of your creator in the middle. So after a while if we play like that … “had dropped the 2000 European champion on The team channel.
“Guendouzi is the best player that Lazio has had in recent years”
Finally, even in Croatia the choice of DD to align these three not really creative circles had surprised. But there is a place where these criticisms of Guendouzi were poorly welcomed: Rome. Lazio player since 2023, the native of Poissy is one of the indisputable holders of Marco Baroni (29 matches played in Serie A this season, all as a holder). See France treating it as a minus that nothing surprised more than one. And while waiting for the speech of his coach, Guendouzi was able to count on the support of ancient glories of Lazio. “I am sorry for the criticisms that Guendouzi received in France, but he must have the strength to react, he showed that he was a great player”said Roberto Rambaudi, celestial player between 1994 and 1999 in the newspaper Il Tempo.
“Guendouzi criticized as a national team?” He has the personality and experience to manage these things. In France, we even criticized Mbappé, so in place of Guendouzi, I would live the situation with a smile. At Lazio, it is useful to the team and the locker room. The national team? During the first half, we were almost embarrassed to see him. A too strange match “said Fabio Liverani (2001-2006) to Radioseilazio. Back in Italy with a few scratches, Mattéo Guendouzi will undoubtedly be delighted to find a more pleasant environment before the future shocks of Lazio against the Torino and Atalanta. Two matches for which Baroni will surely count on him. Just like the followers of celestial training. “For me, Guendouzi is the best player that Lazio has had in recent years, in every way. It is our Simeone (the current Atlético coach played there between 1999 and 2004, editor's note), in this very special football, he is the most important player we have, we should build a monument to him, he never misses a match “declared the boss of RadioseilazioGuido de Angelis, just over two weeks ago.
