Wednesday evening, the French U23 team delivered its best performance since the start of the Euro. Barcola, Cherki or even Caqueret shone.
The players of Olympique Lyonnais shine with the French U23 team and in front of his television, Laurent Blanc undoubtedly appreciates the show. At the start of the third match of the Euro Espoirs group stage, Sylvain Ripoll had lined up four OL players against Switzerland: Castello Lukeba in defense, Maxence Caqueret in midfield and of course Rayan Cherki and Bradley Barcola in attack.
Rayan Cherki vs Switzerland
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The players trained in the capital of Gaul shone, each scoring a goal with the exception of the 21-year-old defender. Beyond the goals, Barcola or Cherki were excellent and their connection hurt the Swiss defense very badly. An “OL-connection” in the French U23 team which is promising four days before the quarter-final against Ukraine and which makes Rayan Cherki happy even if after the tricolor victory, the Lyon attacking midfielder also wanted to highlight the others Blueberry players.
Cherki savors his agreement with Barcola
“Of course, that makes our job easier because we have very good relations (between the OL players). We know how to play for each other, with each other. We must not forget that on the pitch we are eleven and it is not only four players (Lukeba, Barcola, Cherki, Caqueret) who made the pitch but eleven players. That’s how we can win a lot of games.” estimated Rayan Cherki, for whom we must not forget the other strong links of this French U23 team. Against Switzerland, players such as Amine Gouiri and Enzo Le Fée also played a leading role. Obviously, Sylvain Ripoll will need the Lyonnais in form but also the other players to hope to win a victory during this Euro hopes, the stated objective of France.
