Deprived of the current rally for injury, Captain Wendie Renard, present in the stands at the Duvauchelle stadium in Créteil for the demonstration of the Blue against Estonia (11-0) on Friday evening, must have estimated that in his absence the armband had been well worn by Aïssatou Tounkara.
It is also possible that the 31-year-old Lyonnaise (28 goals in 125 caps), felt a point of concern while attending the double of the young central defender.
"I'm happy, these are my first two goals for the France team," said Tounkara, 26, 26 caps, Parisian passed through Issy, Juvisy and Paris FC before joining Atlético de Madrid last season.
It shows that training with Kenza (Dali) pays off.
We work a lot in front of the goal because it's a point that I have to improve.
Tonight (Friday), it paid off… ”
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- Aïssatou Tounkara (@ Aissatou75) October 23, 2021
Sitting next to Tounkara in front of the microphones, Dali, the midfielder of Everton, 30 years old, 35 caps and six goals, welcomed the Cristolienne evening as a whole.
And in particular the click that occurred in his younger sister.
“What's funny is that I'm involved in Aïssa's two goals,” said Dali, originally four of the eleven French goals on Friday night and herself the author of the last one, listed as the 1000th registered. by the French team in an official match.
We laughed about it afterwards.
Aïssa is someone I know well off the pitch.
We appreciate each other a lot.
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A solid hinge with De Almeida
Together, the two young women like to work overtime. “The truth is that during a training camp, we both worked in front of goal after training, after which she scored her first goal for Atlético, reports Dali. Suddenly, when she arrived on Monday, I told her: we're going to work together again because you don't score anymore… and it turns out that she has scored twice. In short, every time we work together in front of the goal, she scores next. Two great goals, in addition… ”
The first of a recovery from the inside of the foot following a free kick from Dali (8-0, 65th).
The second, from the head, consecutively to a corner from the same Dali (9-0, 72nd).
"They like to keep me up because I don't score a lot," says Tounkara, torn between fun and application.
Afterwards, it is true that work pays off.
What you work on in training is felt during the match… ”
Looking ahead to the match in Kazakhstan, on the synthetic turf of Nursoultan on Tuesday, Tounkara does not let himself be intoxicated by his new skills.
She does not lose sight of the fact that the central hinge that she has formed for four games with her former Juvisy partner, Elise De Almeida (in the absence of injured Griedge MBock), could be used more than against the timid Estonians.
