A great start before disappearing as the game progressed. Lined up from the start against Italy (1-3) on Friday in the Nations League, Michael Olise had a mixed first selection in the French jersey. Positioned on the right wing of the attack in the absence of Randal Kolo Muani, who was ill, while he was expected to start in a more central role, the Munich player initially appeared very lively. With nerve, desire, and well-judged dribbles to test the Italian rearguard.
“A very interesting potential”
Confident in the wake of his silver medal won at the Olympics and his transfer to Bayern Munich, the London native (22 years old) knew how to set the Parc des Princes alight in the first minutes with a few combinations. Then the Blues began to seriously retreat, before suffering the opposing waves, and Olise, like the rest of the team, gradually suffered. He was also not blameless on Federico Dimarco’s equalizer in the 30th minute.
However, there is no question of being too harsh on his coach. “It is never easy to start, to want to and to be there. He did some good things with the ball, it also coincided with the first twenty minutes”, reacted Didier Deschamps after the match in a press conference. “It is a new group for him, but he has significant and very interesting potential, he will obviously have steps to take, it brings additional solutions”, he supported.
After this first on alternating current, until his replacement at the hour mark by Ousmane Dembélé, the former Crystal Palace player will perhaps have the opportunity to shine more on Monday against Belgium (8:45 p.m.), for the continuation of the Nations League.
- RMC Sport
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