Michael Olise Ballon d’Or, the shattering announcement

On the bench at the start of the match, Michael Olise was nonetheless the great hero of the victory won by the Blues on Monday against Belgium. Came into play at 60^e
minute in place of a still disappointing Ousmane Dembélé, the Bayern Munich player turned the match around in the last quarter of an hour.

Because if Désiré Doué (almost) needed no one to equalize with a shot at the entrance to the service, the native of London first ideally served Rayan Cherki in the area before offering himself a double in the final minutes of the match. Enough to allow him to finish this gathering of the French team with four goals and two assists in four matches despite two matches starting on the bench, the Olympic vice-champion proving decisive every 35 minutes.

“Olise, what he does is just exceptional”greeted Zinedine Zidane at the end of the meeting, Andy Diouf being just as complimentary about the Bavarian: “He’s a high-class player, we saw that throughout the rally. He can change matches. »

Michael Olise embarrassed

And the public at the Stade de France had the same for the French number 11. Of the “Olise Golden Ball” also came down from the stands of the Stade de France in the last minutes of the match. Songs that contrasted with the whistles intended for Ousmane Dembélé at the time of his release.

Asked about this on TF1 at the final whistle, Michael Olise also appeared embarrassed. “I have nothing to say”he said before heading to the locker room. “We played well at the end. The first half was difficult. Against low blocks, it’s always difficult but then we continued and in the end it was good”he started, adding:
“Zinédine Zidane brings back ideas and we follow them. We did it well in the four games and we will continue like that. It’s a pleasure to play here with the France team. There are a lot of quality players. »