Author of a solid performance against Croatia at the Stade de France, Aurélien Tchouameni met expectations. Active in recovery, precise in his transmissions and decisive during the penalty shootout, the Real Madrid player played a key role in the qualification of the Blues for the Final Four of the League of Nations. A way to respond to his detractors including Jean-Michel Larqué who had said after the first leg: “20 years ago in the middle, you had Vieira, Makélélé, Zidane. Yesterday, Tchouaméni-Guyndouzi-Rabiot, it's Division 1 of District! Aurélien Tchouameni and his stroke of the scarf … when he has to strike normally, he can't do it, then there … it's the symbol of the Boulard. I am really very worried! These are false players, there is nothing, no talent! So if in addition, they have no desire … it's full nothingness!».
“The truth is that when I say that I do not listen to criticism, it is that it is not because someone says that I have a level of regional district 1, that it means that I have a level of regional district 1. Obviously the criticisms we hear, there is a difference between hearing them and listening to them. That's the difference. Obviously we made a better match than the last time, me too on a personal basis, but we played in front of our fans, in front of our audience and honestly, it really brought us a surplus of energy and it was seen today since I think everyone was performing ”he joked before adding: “regional district, he abuses, he could have said better», With a smile leaving the press room. A reassuring performance which confirms its importance within the team of Didier Deschamps.
