Randal Kolo Muani was decisive with the France team by scoring, on his first ball, the 2-0 goal against Morocco, in the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup, while the Blues were manhandled by the Lions of the Atlas. The striker has thus turned into an unlikely hero, he who had been called up for this tournament to replace Christopher Nkunku, forfeited.
And Randal Kolo Muani springs at the far post. This December 14, 2022 in Qatar, the striker came into play against Morocco and in the history of French football. The resident of Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany) has indeed doubled the bet for the France team after 44 seconds on the ground and on his first ball touched. The 24-year-old pounced on a deflected Kylian Mbappé shot. A goal scored by two natives of Bondy, in the Paris region.
” We can not dream of better! I am very happy to have succeeded in such an entry.reacted the one who went through FC Nantes. During this meeting, we remained solid and we worked well in front. I think this second goal that I put, it frees the people (sic)”.
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First goal in the French team
In fact, before this resumption of the flat foot at close range, the reigning world champions had been jostled by the Moroccans, at the end of the first period and during most of the second. This is also what Hugo Lloris perceived from his cage. ” In the second half, we felt a Moroccan team which had nothing more to lose, which played completely liberated and which put us in difficultyunderlines the goalkeeper. We have gone too far. But we held on and scored on a magnificent goal from Kolo Muani. It’s a wonderful story! »
Number 12 will remember this evening for a long time: not only because it was his first achievement in four matches with the Blues, but also because he was not supposed to be part of this adventure, initially. He took advantage of Christopher Nkunku’s package to join the France group on November 16. Nearly a month later, here he is transformed into an unlikely hero and qualified for the final of the World Cup 2022 against Argentina.
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