Author of his first goal with the French team during the victory (2-0) of the Blues against Ireland, Marcus Thuram – who had replaced Olivier Giroud, injured in the ankle – could even have scored a double in this meeting counting for qualifying for Euro 2024. Unfortunately for him, his header went to the right of the Irish goal. A failure highlighted, not without humor, by Dayot Upamecano, present in the mixed zone, but which does not detract from the beautiful entry made by the new Inter Milan striker.
Asked about the former Gladbach player at a press conference, Didier Deschamps also showed his satisfaction. “It’s normal that our attackers are scorers. Marcus entered. He doesn’t have a lot of playing time. He scores. He was even angry with himself because he could have scored more. But I won’t worry. We had three different scorers against Ireland in the two matches. For Marcus, it’s good for him. (Smiles) We will say that I had winning coaching. Marcus also offers me different options”.
