Many Blues have shone this weekend. Not necessarily those who play in the France team…
Antoine Griezmann and Karim Benzema are probably the best symbols of the FC Barcelona do you Real Madrid. So, while Barça has lost further feathers, this weekend, during his trip on the lawn of Celta Vigo (2-2), the French world champion had to settle for a role of substitute, coming into play only at the start of the last ten minutes in place of Luis Suarez. A very discreet comeback when Barça led to the score (2-1).
Everything seems to smile, however, for Karim Benzema and the Real Madrid. Because if the Merengues have consolidated their leadership position by winning atSpanish of Barcelona (0-1), they owe it to their French center-forward, the author of an exceptional tailgating for Casemiro, sole scorer of the meeting. A gesture of great class that prompted Zinedine Zidane to cry out for genius. The repeated blows of Karim Benzema, already the author of a magnificent goal last weekend, will obviously not change his horizon in the French team. The old future has no future with the Blues. He is not the only Frenchman who does not enter the plans of Didier Deschamps to have shone this weekend.
Pogba shone
The same is true of Franck Ribery, goalscorer with the Fiorentina during the defeat of the Viola at the Lazio Rome (2-1), or Mickael Cuisance, which confirmed its recent ramp-up in Bayern Munich, impressive winner at Wolfsburg (0-4). While Lucas Hernandez and Benjamin Pavard started on bench, the former Nancéen imitated Kingsley Coman, author of the opening of the score from the 4th minute, and opened his goal counter at the Bavarian giant. What probably arouse the interest of the tricolor coach.
The former Marseillais certainly does not lack solutions in the midfield. And if he started the Cup game against Norwich on the bench, Paul Pogba, who came into play in the 78th minute, only needed 42 minutes to display his entire class with Manchester United. And it is also on an inspiration from the Tricolore, a delicious dive in the surface, that Harry Maguire scored the victory goal in the 118th minute. Blaise Matuidi was, him, well titular with the Juventus Turin facing Lecce alongsideAdrien Rabiot, but the world champion was lined up in the left corridor of the defense, having little to do while the Bianconeri quietly won 4-0.
Umtiti in the hard
Aligned in the midfield on Leicester lawn, In the Colony Kanté suffered for a long time against Wilfred Ndidi before regaining the upper hand in the victory of Chelsea (0-1). And it was the same with Kurt Zouma, which has played its first minutes since the resumption. Still with the Blues, Olivier Giroud did not have a say, unlikeAlexandre Lacazette with the Gunners, winners at Sheffield (1-2). If he did not score and was rarely highlighted, he was at the origin of the penalty transformed by Nicolas Pépé.
Finally in Spain, like Karim Benzema, Raphaël varane also responded present at the central hinge. Conversely on the Barça side, Samuel Umtiti, preferred to Clement Lenglet facing Celta Vigo, suffered particularly, especially to contain Iago Aspas, who often took speed. An equally difficult weekend for Nabil Fekir, who was unable to prevent the defeat of Betis Seville in Levante (4-2).
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