This time, the entry of Rayan Cherki changed nothing. A year ago, for his first appearance in the French team, the young Lyon midfielder changed the course of the match against Spain, scoring a goal and providing an assist after replacing Michael Olise in the 63rde minute.
On Tuesday, the Citizen had to wait until the start of the last quarter of an hour to come into play, which he obviously had a bad time with. This is evidenced by his response to a journalist, after the match, when he asked him if he would have liked to come in earlier. “In your opinion? »he replied, eyes wide, before leaving the mixed zone.
Rayan Cherki had already been annoyed by a question about Lucas Digne, at fault for the penalty which allowed Spain to open the scoring in the first half. “What do you think I’m going to tell you? That he was crying? That someone put his head in it, he said, annoyed. No, these are facts of the game, this is football. We have to take him with us. He must be with us. At halftime we were all together. »
“We remain a better team than her”
The French number 24 also regretted the level of play displayed by the Blues throughout the meeting. “I don’t know what to tell you. They were better than us in all areas of the game and wanted more than us, I think,
he confided to begin with. It’s unfortunate, because I’m convinced that we remain a better team than them, but this afternoon, Spain were better than us. Even on a less good day, we have to be a little better, tactically, technically, in desire. Everywhere. »
“The only team that beat us was ourselves. We were beaten by ourselves… Not by the refereeing, not by Spain, we were beaten technically, tactically. We didn’t play like we know how to play football, he continued, convinced that the fault lies mainly with the players: “I don’t think it was due to the opponent, they didn’t put crazy pressure with full-court pressing. We sometimes had time to play, build something, go right, left, come back in line, come out again. I think we managed our emotions poorly. »
