Football: Christopher Nkunku finally continues and finds the net with Chelsea

It will unfortunately, a priori, be a little tight to hook onto the wagon of the French team for the Euro, whose list Didier Deschamps will announce this Thursday evening at 8 p.m. on TF1. But French football nevertheless always rejoices when its talents are doing well and these days, Christopher Nkunku is, in any case, visibly better.

Undermined by injuries this season, which have caused him to miss a total of 36 matches since the start of the year, the Chelsea player has gradually returned to the field since the beginning of May and continued this Wednesday evening, on the Brighton pitch, a third consecutive appearance, requested by Mauricio Pochettino even before half-time to compensate for the injury of the Ukrainian Mykhaïlo Mudryk.

The number 18 of the Blues did not lose his sense of goal, and showed it on the hour mark by enhancing a very good overflow from his compatriot Malo Gusto, slender on the right, with a call towards the point of play. penalty which was perfectly served. With one touch, Nkunku pushed the ball into the back of Bart Verbruggen’s net to score his third Premier League goal of the season, an achievement considering his few games played (10).

Worse, Christopher Nkunku has not played a full match this season, in all competitions. In the Premier League, he has 411 minutes on the pitch in total, he has a goal every 137 minutes in the league. The last one, he celebrated with his signature celebration, by inflating a balloon, a nod to his son.