Adrien Rabiot, a future in the France team at Blaise Matuidi? “My preferred position is in the axis” – Eurosport FR

Adrien Rabiot and Blaise Matuidi have a few things in common. In addition to their Parisian past, they share in the eyes of Didier Deschamps a precious ability: that of being able to go into exile on the left flank. Matuidi did it with a glorious outcome during the 2018 World Cup, offering an asymmetry paradoxically synonymous with balance to the 4-2-3-1 tricolor. Rabiot was used in a similar role on Monday in Croatia. when drawing conclusions. Still, for Rabiot, this position is an opportunity to exist, in a team in which he is not essential. The subject was raised on Tuesday at a press conference.Nations LeagueKonaté: “Why would I shoot my head?”6 HOURS AGOSkunku, Kimpembe, Diaby… who scored the most points?Tchouaméni? Not even afraid “I had to be asked this question a hundred times”, first noted the 27-year-old player, when asked about his “preferential position”: “It’s in the axis, whether it’s two or at three (…) I was trained in this axial position, I think it corresponds more to my qualities. This appetite assumed, he quickly clarified that he was not denying his versatility. “Since I came back (in the France team) in September 2020, I have had to evolve regularly on the left side and I do it too often with Juventus”, explains Rabiot, for whom the absence of benchmarks resided rather in the casting of the day, in Split: “We were not used to playing together a lot.” “The Duke” is even satisfied ” to broaden (his) palette”. All the more important for him as the hatching of Aurélien Tchouaméni could weaken his place in the group, a few months from the World Cup in Qatar (November 21 – December 18, 2022). He assures that he is living this increasingly pressing competition “very calmly”: “I have always been with the Blues since my return, there is a certain regularity at this level.” 1-1), he may even have “scored points”, according to the established formula. And full of confidence? “I don’t have a confidence problem, I still have confidence in myself, he retorted with a smile. But it made me happy, because I hadn’t scored this season and that is always a moment of happiness to score a goal, especially with the jersey of the France team.” No crisis of confidence, therefore, but Adrien Rabiot concedes a “mixed season” with the Old Lady: “At the collective level, It was quite complicated from the start. We didn’t win a title, but I also played a lot (45 club games, editor’s note). I always felt good.” Under contract until 2023, he refutes any link between a possible transfer and the next World Cup.” When we see Ben Yedder’s matches, we can have a thought for Giroud “Victim of the system? It’s on time game that Deschamps grants him that Rabiot (27 selections) intends to capitalize. In this sense, we will not venture to write that he banged his fist on the table, facing the Croats. If Monday’s game seems so poor in lessons, it’s partly because the 4-2-3-1 is no longer as popular as a system with three defenders (or five, it depends). , in the eyes of “DD”. The parenthesis of the four-man defense should close shortly. Adrien Rabiot was left piston in a 3-4-1-2, during the elimination of the Blues in the round of 16 of the Euro last year. Such a scheme implies one less place in the midfield, where he aspires to work. Is it thus unfavorable to him? “I don’t think I’m a victim of that, he replied on Tuesday, after hesitation. If I have to play because the coach believes that I can bring more than another, I will play, regardless of the positioning on field.” A way to kick into touch, failing to love the side. Adrien RabiotCredit: Getty ImagesLigue 1Eleven types of active players trained at PSG14/04/2022 At 22:31Champions LeagueDisparaged, Rabiot aware that he “must do more” at Juventus