Kazakhstan 0 – France 2: summary of qualification to Qatar 2022

MBAPPÉ DOES NOT HEAL HIS WOUNDS

These are gray days for the Parisian star. His poor performance against Ukraine (widely criticized by media such as L'Équipe), it is added that today he was a substitute, he came out at the time of the game and missed a penalty. Rains, it pours. And is that Kylian is being the cross of the French coin, where the face, today, was that at least the team solved the Nur-Sultan ballot and is positioned Provisional leader of Group D.

All after a rather disappointing performance from France, who played with squad B, at half gas … And won thanks to a Kazakh defensive misalignment and a ridiculous own goal from Maliy. The locals came out with clear ideas: 5-4-1, ultra-defensive approach and scratching something. And they started it by executing like a charm, but in the first tactical error it appeared Dembélé to land a hard right to the long stick and beat Mokin.

Those of Deschamps abused the shots from 25 meters in the absence of options to pierce the wall. And they found the second in an almost biblical miracle. Corner minutes before half-time that the central Maliy, incomprehensibly, finished towards his own goal. Celebrated Pogba with almost comical gestures. It had fallen from the sky. And on a gift horse, do not look at his tooth.

In the second half, Mbappé came out, who was called to vindicate himself after his gray performance against Ukraine. And it is true that he put everything, shooting almost a half dozen times at the door … But when he does not come out, he does not come out. And again the goddess fortune turned her back on him. Until missed a penalty: he hit him with the interior at half height and the goalkeeper stopped him.

It is not being the idyllic stop of selections for Kylian, who will have one last chance on Wednesday before Bosnia Herzegovina (8:45 pm, Sarajevo). The first two steps have been wrong, and they increase the buzz around her figure. All eyes are on the third. It must be your night. Because today has not healed his wounds.