The situation
First great international exam of Tchouameni and notaza. Honors, Sunday. The goals were from Theo and Kolo Muani, Griezamnn, sublime, was awarded the MVP, but Aurélien and his sensational display also grabbed the spotlight in the semi-final against Morocco. He stole 10 balls (leader of the game along with Theo and Amrabat), completed 40 passes (third on the team, after the two central defenders), created two scoring chances (only Grizi, with 4, surpassed him) and intervened 65 times (beyond the head of France from the hand of Konaté).The midfielder arrived in Qatar with a difficult task, supporting the engine room of a world champion France on his shoulders. A line that, with Matuidi, Pogba and Kanté, was key in Russia. With the trio at home, the backpack of a 22-year-old with just 14 caps with the Absolute to his credit was filled with pressure. Deschamps is not hesitating, and neither was Ancelotti when Casemiro headed to Old Trafford. Tchouameni responded in Madrid and is doing so with France. He is already in the final. Wait Argentina. In Qatar, Tchouameni, in crescendo .For Deschamps, the madridista is a non-negotiable vertebra of the scheme. Only three footballers have played all six games: Griezmann, Mbappé and Tchouameni. Only one (the other two came off the bench in the loss to Tunis
ia) has started all of them: Tchouameni. With 503′ (93% of the total), the man from Rouen is the footballer with the most minutes in Les Bleus . Against the Atlas Lions, he played the entire match again, he showed himself to be a white-collar thief (4 interceptions and the aforementioned 10 recove
ries) and, in addition, he generated and assisted Mbappé on one occasion that the PSG man missed.His great goal against England, which unlocked the way to the semifinal, placed a cherry on top of his stupendous statistical sheet, as well as x-rayed that arrival in the rival area that his football carries intrinsic. Ancelotti already warned him at the beginning of the course when the comparison with Casemiro was inevitable, when he remembered that the heir had a greater desire for stepping on the opposite field than the Brazilian. His beginnings as an attacker are partly to blame for this inclination to appear in hostile territory.
The details
“ At the beginning he worked as a second striker, as a support for the striker. Then he was already falling behind and became a midfielder, like a rather offensive interior ” , explained André Penalva , his coach at Girondins U-17. If his match against the Three Lions , driven by his goal, placed him in the best eleven of the quarterfinals according to the data collected by Olocip, his exhibition against Morocco made him repeat in the penultimate round. Confirmation of growing importance, far from being punctual.
