DUESSELDORF, June 18 ― Eyebrows were raised when France recalled N'Golo Kante after two years in the international wilderness but coach Didier Deschamps knew what he was...
DUESSELDORF, June 18 ― Eyebrows were raised when France recalled N'Golo Kante after two years in the international wilderness but coach Didier Deschamps knew what he was doing and the midfielder looked as if he had never been away in today's 1-0 win over Austria at Euro 2024 .
A move to the Saudi Pro League appeared to have ended his France career but the 33-year-old was superb in their Group D clash on Monday, showing that playing at a lower club level did not equate to a drop in his own standards.
In the build-up to Monday’s game, team mate Marcus Thuram said of the returning Kante: “I have never seen anything like it, it's horrible. We can't play anymore, we can't play in training anymore. As soon as we have him on our team we know we have won.”Kante, as ever, cut a modest figure after being named man of the match and when Kylian Mbappe went off with a smashed nose late in the game, Kante took over the captaincy for the first time.
Overall, Deschamps was satisfied with the victory, albeit secured by an own goal, but was clearly worried about the extent of Mbappe's injury, which looked to be a broken nose.
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