2023-10-17 21:05:39
Benjamin Pavard turned into an attacker for his return to Lille with the France team. Author of a double once morest Scotland (4-1) in this friendly match, this Tuesday evening, the central defender of Inter Milan allowed the Blues, quickly behind, to come back to the score then escape to no longer be caught up followingwards.
The match: 4-1
Although the evening ended on a very positive note, everything started very badly for the French team. Eduardo Camavinga made a complete mistake on an innocuous back pass that turned into an offering for Billy Gilmour. The Scottish midfielder adjusted Mike Maignan by placing his ball in the right side of the net (11th). But the Blues recovered by equalizing straight away thanks to the man of the evening: Benjamin Pavard. The native scored with a header from a corner hit at the near post by Antoine Griezmann (16th).
Inhabited for his reunion with his former public, the central defender born in Maubeuge (North) and trained in Lille signed a double with a new header barely ten minutes later (25th). Kylian Mbappé overflowed to the left of the area and crossed to find Pavard, well inspired to have remained at the forefront.
Pavard came close to a hat-trick
The untenable Pavard even narrowly missed the hat-trick, throwing himself a little too late to cut out another cross from Mbappé (37th). Seconds later, Scotland were awarded a penalty for Liam Cooper’s shirt pulling on Olivier Giroud. A sentence transformed by Mbappé, author of his 43rd goal with the Blues.
Incisive on their rare accelerations during the second period, Didier Deschamps’ men worsened the score with the incoming Kingsley Coman (70th). The Bayern Munich winger scored his sixth goal for the selection by volleying following a strike on the bar by Antoine Griezmann. Mike Maignan stood out twice (85th) at the end of the match which also allowed Castello Lukeba to take his first steps with the blue jersey.
The player: Benjamin Pavard settles in the axis
Beyond his double, his fourth and fifth goals in 52 caps, Pavard seduced. Established for the first time in central defense with the France team, the 27-year-old player gave a glimpse of all the possibilities offered by this repositioning that he had been calling for for many months.
Bleeding in his duels and precise in his transmissions, including some very careful crosses, the new Milanese signed a very accomplished performance from start to finish. He even finished the meeting with the captain’s armband around his right bicep following Mbappé’s exit. Enough to argue in favor of its lasting installation in the defense axis? It’s up to the coach to judge.
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