This is the norm at the start of the season. When the Lyon ship rocks, Malick Fofana is often there to straighten it out and play captain. “He is a player who arrived slowly, thanks to his character. But in any case, his talent quickly jumped out at us. He’s a player we wanted to take time with. I think some people were wondering a month ago about his ability to start matches. He has just crossed this threshold. Now it's a matter of duration and increased performance.noted Pierre Sage at a press conference this week.
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Suffice to say that the new performance of the 19-year-old Belgian against Lille (1-1), this Friday, should confirm his ideas. The most unbalancing player, it was again the pocket winger who tried to bring a little life when his team was on respiratory assistance in the first half. And if he was not always escorted by success, he was rewarded during the second act with this new fox goal, his 5th, for what is already the most prolific season of his early career. “It’s a shame we didn’t play like that in the first half.regretted the Belgian neo-international at the microphone of DAZN after the match. I always try to help the team, I scored and it felt good, so we're happy, but we would have liked to have had the three points.»
He is Lyon's top scorer this season
In the absence of Alexandre Lacazette, there but not really there during the matches, Fofana was able to break this glass ceiling, namely to be decisive (he already has 5 goals and 2 assists in 13 matches), which he had not always been able to do in recent months, whether at OL or in Belgium. Today, it is difficult to quantify his potential, as he has reached so many levels, between his new starting role and his status as a Belgian international, debuted against Italy last month. Present at the microphone of DAZN after the match, the other strong man at the start of the Lyon season, Corentin Tolisso, predicted a bright future for him.
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With Malick, it’s exactly a big brother posture that I have. You have to try to talk to him as much as possible, but he's a young man who has enormous talent, he's a hard worker, who has his head on his shoulders, and I think that's what makes him strong.underlined the 2018 world champion. Last year he showed that he could come into matches and be decisive. He had a little trouble when he started, but this year, he is starting to make progress. When he starts, he manages to play his matches, he is decisive and does us a lot of good. The most complicated thing is to be consistent over half a season, then over a season, and several seasons… So he is still young, and I hope he will manage to do it over the whole season. All that's left to do is.
Pub. the 01/11/2024 23:53
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