Axel Allag, Media365, published on Thursday December 12, 2024 at 7:10 p.m.
Happy to return to France for the Europa League match between OL and Eintracht Frankfurt (this Thursday evening at 9 p.m.), Hugo Ekitike spoke to TNT Sports about his good season so far. And highlighted his objective of being called up to the French team.
Hugo Ekitike lives again in the jersey of Eintracht Frankfurt. Author of seven goals and three assists in the Bundesliga, but also a goal and an assist in the Europa League which he will again attend this Thursday evening during his team's trip to Lyon (kick-off at 9 p.m.), the former PSG striker is convinced he made the right choice by joining Germany almost a year ago. “I had spoken a lot with the people here before coming and I knew that I was going to be in a good environment to be able to evolve. The results show that it is a good choice,” he told TNT Sports .
Ekitike became a better player thanks to PSG
At PSG, in fact, he learned a lot, barred by competition that was far too great for him, with the combined presence of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé on the attacking front. “I realized that in the end, I had perhaps spent a year and a half observing, seeing the best players in the world doing their ranges in training and even in matches. Sometimes up close, sometimes “a little further”, proclaimed the one who “obviously” became a better player thanks to the capital club.
The Blues, a major career goal
Refraining from judging the situation of Randal Kolo Muani, in difficulty in Paris after having performed well in Frankfurt, Ekitike on the other hand stressed that “playing at PSG is special. This club is special and that does not necessarily suit everyone. world”. The most immediate, of course, will be this match against OL with Eintracht third in the Europa League and who will still want to win in the tournament, at Groupama Stadium. “I want to show that I have grown up. The first time I played Lyon, I was 18 or 19 years old. I'm going to play them again at 22. In a European Cup match at that. It's magnificent”, noted the international hopeful, who is thinking of moving a little higher in the selection.
Inspired by Randal Kolo Muani, he too hopes to convince Didier Deschamps to call him. “Obviously, it's in the back of my mind. I say to myself why not. I know that I have to prove myself but that it's something that must be earned. It's allowed to have goals and big ones goals”. As early as next March, during the quarter-finals of the League of Nations against Luka Modric's Croatia?
