Victory and that's almost everything. The Blueberries did not shine on Monday for their first match at the U20 World Cup in Chile. They nevertheless assured the essentials by dominating South Africa (2-1).
Dominating, the French team seemed to have done the hardest by opening the scoring shortly before the half hour of play thanks to the Lensois Bermont but the South Africans equalized less than five minutes later. Everything was in Refait and the men of Bernard Diomède finally had to wait until 80e Minute and a marvel of handling oriented control and powerful strikes from the interior of Lucas Michal's right foot to seal the victory.
Bleuets will have to show a completely different face on Thursday for their second match in the competition. They will indeed face the United States which has only made a bite of New Caledonia for its first match (9-1) and which Bernard Diomède presents as the favorite of the competition. This is worth in particular for Elyaz Zidane, the last son of Zinedine Zidane.
“Elyaz Zidane thank you dad huh …”
Aligned in central defense, the Betis Seville player experienced a particularly complicated afternoon. A fault on the penalty that allowed South Africa to equalize, the former Madrid has suffered the whole meeting and often seemed exceeded by the speed of the South African attackers.
His performance has also earned him strong criticisms on social networks. “Elyaz Zidane sucks …”, “Elyaz Zidane thank you papa eh …”, “I ask why Elyaz Zidane is holder”, “Elyaz Zidane can thank her father …”, “Elyaz Zidane, it's still complicated on this match” … These are the comments that flowered on X during the meeting.
