In a friendly match, the French national team played Brazil at Gillette Stadium (USA) on Thursday and managed a 2-1 victory despite Dayot Upamecano’s red card in the 55th minute. Five Paris Saint-Germain players were in the French squad for the match: Lucas Chevalier, Lucas Hernandez, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Désiré Doué, and Ousmane Dembélé. Here are the French players’ ratings from the press.
Le Parisien:
Mbappé (6.5)
Ekitike (6) – Olise (6) – Dembélé (6)
Rabiot (6.5) – Tchouaméni (7)
T. Hernandez (5) – Upamecano (4) – Konaté (6) – Gusto (5.5)
Maignan (6)
L’Equipe:
Mbappé (6)
Ekitike (7) – Olise (6) – Dembélé (5)
Rabiot (7) – Tchouaméni (7)
T. Hernandez (4) – Upamecano (4) – Konaté (6) – Gusto (4)
Maignan (5)
There are always discrepancies in ratings from one media outlet to another, even if the 5.5 and 4 for Gusto might seem surprising. The sports daily was generally more critical. But we can still see an interesting average for a friendly against a very high-level team. Even if Brazil wasn’t very convincing on Thursday, which also stemmed from the strong performance of Les Bleus. Including Dembélé, who provided an assist for Mbappé.
However, we shouldn’t get too carried away with the World Cup in mind. But there are still some positives to take away. They’ll need to build on this against Colombia on Sunday evening. Meanwhile, Brazil will try to get back to winning ways on Tuesday night (French time) against Croatia.
