The post-Antoine Griezmann French team starts with a victory. A few days after the surprising international retirement of the Atlético de Madrid forward, the ‘bleus’ defeated Israel 4-1, on Thursday, October 10, in Budapest, where the match was moved due to the geopolitical situation in the Middle East. After goals from Eduardo Camavinga and Christopher Nkunku in the first half, the French team lost a lot of time with their football in the second half, before accelerating in the final minutes. Mattéo Guendouzi and Bradley Barcola increased the lead and allowed the Blues to achieve a second victory in three games in this Nations League.
what to remember
Lined up in midfield alongside his Real Madrid teammate Aurélien Tchouaméni, Eduardo Camavinga scored his second goal in his 22ndmy selection, opening the scoring with a long shot with the help of Israeli goalkeeper Omri Glazer. Very active in the recovery (7 duels won out of 13 played, 5 successful tackles), he also served Christopher Nkunku in the second goal for the Bleus.
1-0, 7my : Eduardo Camavinga tries his luck from distance, the Israeli goalkeeper seems fine… and then he hols out completely, letting the ball slowly enter the goals.
1-1, 24my : Les Bleus seemed to have control of the match, but were surprised by a header from Omri Gandelman, who rose above everyone to score with the first Israeli shot of the match.
2-1, 28my : The French will not have trembled for long: Christopher Nkunku takes the ball, turns around and does not need anyone to mark, sending his left-footed shot under the Israeli goalkeeper.
3-1, 87my : Mattéo Guendouzi triples the lead with a backhand from Théo Hernandez. His unprepared shot ends up in the back of the net and allows the Blues to breathe forever.
4-1, 89my : Served by Mattéo Guendouzi, Bradley Barcola also scores his second goal for Les Bleus after the one against Italy (1-3 loss) in September.
Six shots on goal, four goals. It was difficult to do much better for the Blues, who in the end rarely came close to Israeli goalkeeper Omri Glazer, but often came back with a goal.
“It seemed a little strange to go out onto the field first, but in any case I really enjoyed it. » In the absence of Kylian Mbappé and N’Golo Kanté, Aurélien Tchouaméni inherited the role of captain and had a dream debut with the armband.
The score may seem a little heavy for a match that ends with a score of 4-1. But except for the last five minutes, the second half left everyone wanting more.
