If things continue like this, Randal Kolo Muani won’t even come back to Camp des Loges between two international breaks. He will stay warm in Clairefontaine, face to face with Didier Deschamps, while waiting carefully for the next gathering, where he will be able to have fun again. Placarded at PSG by Luis Enrique, the striker is another player in the jersey of the France team, to whom he offered victory in Belgium (1-2) Monday evening thanks to an authoritarian double.
Designated responsible for penalties in the absence of Kylian Mbappé, Kolo Muani did not tremble to open the scoring (35th), yet with a lot of pressure on his back given the Blues’ performance so far. Completely shaken by the Belgians, who had seen Tielemans miss his penalty a few minutes earlier, the DD players were in agony when Faes inexplicably threw himself at the ball with his elbow in the middle of the box. The gift could not be missed to turn the match around, and the former Frankfurt player unwrapped it with composure.
“With us, he very often performs well”
The Belgians returned to the level just before the break, the French team then started playing football after returning from the locker room, and it was again Kolo Muani who shone at the end of the chain, taking a superb cross from Lucas Digne with a powerful header (62nd). His fifth goal with the Blues in 12 selections for the year 2024, only one less than 31 official matches with his club. “He has confidence with us, and he knows it,” greeted Deschamps after the match, speaking to TF1. He has a very specific profile, with his calls, his presence, his heading. He has a lot of attacking qualities, and with us, he very often performs well. »
It’s said with a little knowing smile. Ghostly with PSG, criticized from everywhere, Kolo Muani is nevertheless on all the lists, which may raise some questions. DD is happy to see his foal give him back this confidence and to shut their mouths to the haters. A situation which obviously recalls a not so distant past, when the coach had to justify himself each time on the presence of Olivier Giroud while he cut the lemons on the Arsenal or Chelsea bench.
But like the one who finished his career right up there in the history of the Blues with his 57 goals, Kolo Muani regains his effectiveness as if by magic as soon as he hears the sweet words of Deschamps. “He trusts me, that’s nice,” he explained at the final whistle. It’s work on myself, I don’t give up and the coach helps me with that, he talks to me a lot. »
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As a result, RKM is involved in 9 goals in his last 8 starts with the Blues (7 goals, 2 assists), while Luis Enrique prefers to put Lee, Asensio or his deputy as false number 9 at PSG. “The coach uses me differently [en club]but I have to stay focused on myself, keep my head straight and simply work,” says the person concerned. Maybe at one point, things will turn around and the former Nantes player will once again become the one who scored 26 games in 50 games during his season in Frankfurt. And otherwise, there will always be the Blues to offer themselves a break from time to time.