Maignant, Upamecano, Konaté, Koundé, Hernandez, Cherki, Rabiot, Tschouameni, Olise, Mbappé, Thuram. This was Franrkike’s starting eleven in Thursday’s pre-season match against the World Cup. An extreme string of world stars. This is the group Norway will face on June 26 in the World Cup. The Ivory Coast showed that Les Bleus are anything but unbeatable.
Okay, a friendly match doesn’t matter, but when the World Cup is a week away, everything matters. The French stars, one of the main favourites for this summer’s World Cup, stumbled against Ivory Coast on Thursday night in the penultimate test match before the final round.
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For a long time, it looked like the game would end 1-1, but towards the end of the game, Manchester United’s Amad Diallo appeared with the match-winning goal to make it 2-1 for Ivory Coast.
The 23-year-old was played free in the middle of the French pitch and hammered the ball on his first touch, which whizzed into the goal along the grass.
In the first half, Rayan Cherki had otherwise sent France into the lead, when the Manchester City profile fooled a couple of players from the Ivory Coast and sent the ball into the net from the edge of the 16-yard box. Guela Doue equalized in the second half, when he was sent deep and was cynical in front of goal.
And just before the final whistle, Amad Diallo became the match winner.
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France with Didier Deschanps on the sidelines hates to lose. For Norway, a glimpse of opportunities, even against the football giant with one of the biggest star galleries in the World Cup.
