Gabriel Moscardo took advantage of a friendly match at Stade de Reims against a Belgian D3 to finally play his first minutes in the colors of Champagne. The Brazilian defensive midfielder on loan from PSG even scored the first goal of the match from the penalty spot.
Finally ! More than three months after his 30 minutes played against Sturm Graz with PSG, in a friendly, Gabriel Moscardo finally played a football match again, this time in the colors of Stade de Reims. It was once again a friendly match, against the Olympic Club de Charleroi, a modest team from the Belgian third division.
Holding the post of sentinel of a 4-3-3, Gabriel Moscardo played 65 minutes before being replaced and caused a penalty before half-time which he himself transformed with a nice counter-foot. “An hour is what we wanted for him, for De Smet, without exceeding certain limits because it’s been a while since they had extended playing time”explained Luka Elsner, in comments reported by L’Union.
Since the start of the Ligue 1 season, Gabriel Moscardo has been on the scoresheet five times at Stade de Reims (once in Marseille then in the last four days), but he has not yet played a single minute in a match official. These 65 minutes in a friendly will therefore do him good, even if it does not bode well for the future since the Brazilian was mainly surrounded by players from the Pro 2 in Reims yesterday.
Elsner found Moscardo “improving”
His coach Luka Elsner, who notably prefers the new French international hopeful Valentin Atangana in the middle, in any case appreciated Moscardo's performance on Wednesday: “I found that he improved throughout the match, with technical confidence which became more evident as the match progressed. So much the better, we need this state of confidence for all the players”.
The next meeting at the Stade de Reims in Ligue 1 will be the reception of OL on Saturday November 23 as part of the 12th day (9 p.m.). The opportunity for Moscardo to finally play his first official minutes with Reims?
