Randal Kolo Muani made it to the top eight in the European Football Championship in France. He left the previous value competitions very disappointed.
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On Monday, France secured their place in the top eight in the European football tournament. France beat Belgium 1–0 in the quarterfinals.
The match was not full of high-quality goal posts, but a lucky kimmoke scored the first and only goal in the last moments. French Randal Kolo Mouani the shot in the 85th minute of the game bounced off a Belgian defender Jan Vertonghen’s through to the finish line.
– Vertonghen gave a lot of space. He’s never been fast, now at 37 he’s not. He just doesn’t have time to cover. The drive hits the ground and the supporting leg, then Vertonghen’s knee. There was also luck involved. However, France created a good situation for Kolo Muani, Urheilu’s expert Juho Rantala described.
France scored only two goals in the group stage, the first of which was scored as Austria’s own goal and the second was scored from a penalty kick. The hit in the Belgium match was also marked as an own goal, so France still hasn’t scored a normal game situation goal, even though the match was already their fourth of the games.
Kolo Muani, who plays for Paris Saint-Germain in his home country, comes from the same suburb of Paris as the team captain Kylian Mbappé. The goal was the 25-year-old’s fifth in his national team career.
Kolo Muani was one of the anti-heroes in the final match between France and Argentina in the 2022 World Cup. Argentina won the match in a penalty shootout.
At 123 minutes, Kolo Muani got into a great goal position in a 3-3 situation, which also included Mbappé. Kolo Muani then decided to shoot himself. The Argentinian goalkeeper saved what turned out to be the last attempt of the match.
The attacker has told the public about the nightmares caused by the situation.
– I will always be the guy who failed to go through in the World Cup final. It stays forever. When my career is over, it will still be talked about, Kolo Muani said at the beginning of the year.
Kolo Muani entered the field in the World Cup final at the 41st minute. He was one of the shooters in the penalty shootout and succeeded in his attempt.
– I’m still looking at it. I told myself in my mind that now I have to shoot. I tried to shoot towards the front corner, but the goalkeeper made a really good save. But there were other options, he told last fall.
– I could have lifted over the goalkeeper or passed to Mbappé. At that moment I did not see him. Other possibilities can only be realized by looking at the situation again. It’s too late. I still regret it and will for the rest of my life.
This time he became the decider of the match when he struck with France’s only shot on goal.
France will face the winner of Monday night’s second match between Portugal and Slovenia in the quarter-finals.
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