A growing hope before the World Cup?
For their very first tenure with the France team, Benoit Badiashile and Youssouf Fofana delivered an excellent performance. The opportunity for the two Monegasques to earn points with Didier Deschamps and to increase their hope of participating in the World Cup which begins on November 22 for the Blues against Australia.
The Monegasque team strikes a blow. Called up for the first time in the national team, Benoît Badiashile and his teammate Youssouf Fofana delivered, yesterday, against Austria, a rather exceptional performance for newcomers. Whether physically, defensively or offensively, the two residents of Stade Louis II were strongly present in the game. Benoit Badiashile, defender, was physically solid, but also showed a whole people his remarkable quality of recovery. All his passes were thought out, made to the nearest millimeter and made it possible to break the opposing lines in order to initiate a dangerous action. It was also on one of his interventions that the French team was able to launch Kylian Mbappé for the opener. The Rock player was also extremely calm defensively. Regarding Fofana, he was the balance point of the French midfield, in tandem with Aurélien Tchouaméni. Also physically present, the native of Paris stood out for his activity and his sweeping in the middle of the field which allowed him to grab many balls and win 12 of his 14 duels over the whole meeting. With these two high-flying performances, there is no doubt that the two Monegasques have scored points with Didier Deschamps and could, in the future, claim a place in the list of 23 Blues who will travel to Qatar for the next FIFA Cup. World.
Monaco, second main supplier of French internationals in history
With the first tenures of Benoit Badiashile and Youssouf Fofana, AS Monaco has just known the 70 and 71st players in their history to wear the tricolor tunic. The club of the principality is placed just behind Olympique de Marseille (86). At the same time, it seems important to note that the Monegasque formation continues to hatch new nuggets of French football. Last night, two other players trained at the ASM walked the lawn of the Stade de France in the person of Kylian Mbappé and Aurélien Tchouaméni.