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Moscow, Russia –
Is there anyone who can criticize Golo Kanté? Fellows, coaches, rivals, experts, fans, sponsors and others unanimously salute the sporting but also human qualities of the French recovery midfielder, who played in the French Third Division five years ago.
The Blues player who created the first songs of his fans in Russia 2018 was not Antoine Griezmann, nor star Kylian Mbappé, nor Raphaël Varane nor Paul Pogba. "He is kind, small, he will eat Lionel Messi soon at the Champs Elysees, N & # 39; Golo Kanté", recited the Gallic supporters, who will attend the final Sunday against Croatia by trusting their "invisible" idol Kanté.
Chelsea midfielder is one of the best winners of the tournament. "It does not make any noise, but it is a monstrous job," observes another former French player of African descent, Rio Mavuba, also a specialist in the field. "He always has a collective sense in his game," he says.
"I know how to play all year with N & # 39; Golo, who is the best player in the world in his position," warned Chelsea owner and the Belgian national team, Eden Hazard, to the BeIn Sports network. "When he's full, you have a 95% chance of winning the game." This was the case of the France-Belgium semi-final, won 1-0 by the tricolores.
"He has shown so far in this tournament that he has been one of the best defensive midfielders, covers a lot of ground, offers security to his players they are in front of him" , said Croatian coach Zlatko Dalic on Thursday. "And if Kanté plays well, France plays well", he summarizes
VERY SHY
Who hides behind this rain of praise? A very shy player of 1.68 meters, still smiling and discreet on the field, but who gives the game volume and displays on the grbad, where he really speaks . With him, "we played with twelve men on the field," says Olivier Giroud, referring to his tireless ability to run and score. "He goes everywhere, he has fifteen lungs," adds Paul Pogba.
Best player of the English Premier League in 2017 winner of the English title with Leicester in 2016 and with Chelsea in 2017, could become world champion Sunday.
Paradoxes of life, in 2013 he played in the National category of France, equivalent to a third French division, with the t-shirt of Boulogne, in the northwest of the country, before arriving in Caen , who acquired it by little money.
"Maybe the people who were watching him did not take enough time, his main disadvantage is his size, but for me, on the contrary, it's a benefit," he said. explained before the Eurocopa 2016 the exprofessor Piotr Wojtyna.
"He is so discreet that the recruiters have certainly not known that he was an exceptional player," said Pierre Ville, historic leader of Suresnes, a suburban club in Paris where "NG" has played in 2010 at the age of 19. , in Promotion of Honor (ninth category of French football).
RETURN FROM & LOCO & # 39; At BIELSA
In Caen, this boy from a large family had attracted the attention of the Argentine coach Marcelo Bielsa, a night when the Normandy team had met Marseille and the public The Velodrome stadium remained speechless for its hyperactivity in the midfield, during a match in 2015. The Crazy asked OM, but Kanté opted to go to Leicester, who put on the table 8 million euros in what will turn out to be a big deal for the future
Three seasons later, he is the undisputed holder of France and everyone loves it, colleagues or even the president of the French Federation, Christmas Le Graët. "He has a very good technique, he gives the feeling that he does not play, as he is good, he anticipates all the time," he confided in early July.
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