In the absence of Kylian Mbappé (25-year-old striker) and N’Golo Kanté (33-year-old midfielder who wore the armband against Belgium in September), Equipe de France needed a captain this Thursday to face Israel in the Nations League. It won’t be a Paris Saint-Germain player (Warren Zaïre-Emery, Bradley Barcola, Randal Kolo Muani and Ousmane Dembélé have been called up). An official press release has revealed the identity of Les Bleus’ 132nd captain.
𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑻𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒂𝒎𝒆́𝒏𝒊 🫡@atchouameni portera le brassard de Capitaine de l’Équipe de France pour le match de jeudi soir en Ligue des Nations 💙#FiersdetreBleus pic.twitter.com/yDXDR16qXE
— Equipe de France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) October 9, 2024𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑻𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒂𝒎𝒆́𝒏𝒊 @atchouameni will wear the Captain’s armband of Team France for Thursday night’s Nations League match
Aurélien Tchouaméni, Real Madrid’s 24-year-old midfielder, has therefore been chosen by coach Didier Deschamps and his staff. Not an insane choice, given his extensive experience, including a 3rd season with Real Madrid and 36 caps for France. He has thus played an important role in Les Bleus for some time now.
Of course, we know that this choice will be the subject of debate, and there were other possible candidates, such as Mike Maignan (AC Milan’s 28-year-old goalkeeper). But we know that every choice has its opponents. In any case, we didn’t expect a PSG player to be chosen. Maybe later.
