the summary of the large but laborious victory of the Blues in the League of Nations

The post-Antoine Griezmann French team starts with a victory. A few days after the surprise international retirement of the Atlético Madrid striker, the Blues defeated Israel, 4 to 1, Thursday October 10, in Budapest, where the meeting was relocated due to the geopolitical situation in Middle East. After goals from Eduardo Camavinga and Christopher Nkunku in the first period, the France team fumbled with its football for a long time in the second act, before accelerating in the final minutes. Mattéo Guendouzi and Bradley Barcola increased the lead and allowed the Blues to secure a second victory in three games in this Nations League.

What to remember

Aligned in midfield alongside his Real Madrid teammate Aurélien Tchouaméni, Eduardo Camavinga scored his second goal for his 22^e selection, opening the score with a long shot with the help of Israeli goalkeeper Omri Glazer. Very active in recovery (7 duels won out of 13 contested, 5 successful tackles), he also served Christopher Nkunku on the Blues’ second goal.

1-0, 7^e : Eduardo Camavinga tries his luck from afar, the Israeli goalkeeper seems to be well on it… and then gets completely holed, letting the ball slowly enter the cages.

1-1, 24^e : The Blues seemed to be in control of the proceedings, but were surprised by a header from Omri Gandelman, who rose higher than everyone to score on the first Israeli shot of the match.

2-1, 28^e : The French will not have trembled for long: Christopher Nkunku takes the ball, turns around, and does not need anyone to score by sending his left shot under the Israeli goalkeeper.

3-1, 87^e : Mattéo Guendouzi triples the lead on a backhand from Théo Hernandez. His flat-footed shot ends up in the back of the net and allows the Blues to breathe for good.

4-1, 89^e : Served by Mattéo Guendouzi, Bradley Barcola in turn scores, his second goal for the Blues after that against Italy (1-3 defeat) in September.

Six shots on target, four goals. It was difficult to do much better for the Blues, who ultimately rarely approached Israeli goalkeeper Omri Glazer’s cage, but often came back with a goal.

“It felt a bit strange to go on the pitch first, but in any case I enjoyed it a lot. » 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 ending with a score of 4-1. But with the exception of the last five minutes, the second half left everyone wanting more.