Arabesques, a goal from a long shot (50th), a role of leader, Eduardo Camavinga, the young rookie of Real Madrid, 18 years old, delighted the 2311 spectators of the MMArena of Le Mans with an easy success on Macedonia of North. He helped the Bleuets to digest the elimination in the last second of the quarter-final of the previous Euro against the Netherlands, where he was on the bench (2-1), and the flop of the Olympic Games.
The first goal also bears the claw of Camavinga, a nice opening of No. 10 for Melvin Bard, whose center is taken from the right by Nathanaël Mbuku (26th). Pierre Kalulu added to the bill at the end of the match (89th). Installed among the leaders of this new generation, with his 3 A selections, he put the Bleuets on the track. The player trained at Stade Rennais could have counted an assist to his credit if Mbuku had not shot above (53rd) or if Mohamed-Ali Cho had not come up against goalkeeper David Denkovski on a delicious pass in the surface (62nd).
Sofiane Diop’s caviars
The other host of the game was the Monegasque Sofiane Diop, best Bleuet with Camavinga, distributing the caviars to his partners, like this luminous ball in the depth for Cho, who missed his dribble in front of David Denkovski (39th) . The new prodigy of Angers has “crunched” other opportunities to open his goal counter, as he already did with the SCO in Ligue 1, at 17 years old. Mohamed-Ali Cho missed the KO four times, losing his duels with Denkovski (29th, 39th, 56th, 68th), before being replaced by Arnaud Kalimuendo (68th).
Another leader of these new Hopes, Amine Gouiri, already present in the previous generation like Camavinga, like Cho had a frustrating match. Appointed captain by Sylvain Ripoll, he did not have the same impact as with Nice at the start of the season (3 goals), with too many strikes off target and a lost duel with David Denkovski (32nd). Gouiri left at the same time as Camavinga, leaving their places to Sékou Mara and Képhren Thuram (80th).
Difficult to judge the defense, never really in danger, but the full-backs are up a lot, and Melvin Bard, on the left, stood out for the quality of his crosses and Kalulu, on the right, for his goal, on a pass from Enzo The Fairy. It should not be pushed to its limits either in the Faroe Islands on Monday before facing the most formidable rivals in Group H, Ukraine and Serbia. But the Bleuets de Camavinga started well.
