Konaté's premonitory sentence on Digne's XXL match

Lucas Digne shone during the French team's victory against Italy this Sunday in Milan in the Nations League. Decisive on three set pieces, the French left-back proved his captain Ibrahima Konaté right.

Kylian Mbappé absent from the Blues gathering, Didier Deschamps chose Ibrahima Konaté to wear the captain's armband during the duel against Italy this Sunday in Milan. And for his first in this role, the central defender responded perfectly. Involved on the pitch, the Liverpool player also had a few words and announced the scenario of the match even before kick-off.

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Taking up Guy Stéphan's instructions asking the French players to carefully look at the tactical instructions on set pieces, “Ibou” Konaté had a premonitory sentence about Lucas Digne.

“Guys, set pieces,” said the 25-year-old center for his teammates as revealed in a behind-the-scenes video of the meeting on the French team’s YouTube channel. “Defensively especially, then offensively Lucas knows what he has to do.”

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And obviously, as Ibrahima Konaté had sensed, Lucas Digne had prepared his offensive set pieces particularly well. After a first assist for Adrien Rabiot from a corner at the start of the match, the Aston Villa full-back sent a missile towards the top corner and pushed the unfortunate Guglielmo Vicario to score against his side from a free kick.

Despite the reduction in the score of the Nazionale, it was a new set piece from Lucas Digne which gave the Blues the 3-1 goal. By once again finding Adrien Rabiot's head from a free kick, the left-hander who was celebrating his 50th selection helped France finish first in their group and thus avoid Portugal, Spain or Germany during the quarter-finals. Nations League final. A visionary on this one, Ibrahima Konaté had a great first evening as captain.