If Aurélien Tchouaméni was monstrous on the ground both in club (Monaco then Real Madrid) and with the Blues in 2022, he had a lot more trouble with penalties.
After having precipitated the elimination of the Rocher club by shooting its attempt above during the penalty shootout of the semi-final of the Coupe de France against Nantes last March (4-2 on pens, 2-2) , he again failed Sunday evening in this exercise.
With Kingsley Coman, he is, in fact, one of the two unfortunate shooters in the penalty shootout (4-2) of the World Cup final between France and Argentina after 120 minutes of madness ( 3-3).
The 22-year-old defensive midfielder shot off target on the right of Argentinian goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.
Monday evening, after presenting himself with all the Blues in front of the crowd of 50,000 supporters gathered on the Place de la Concorde in Paris, the Merengue poured out on his social networks on this painful moment by apologizing for first then positively.
“It will take time to digest the bitterness and frustration, wrote the international player (21 caps already in just fifteen months) in a message accompanied by a photo of him passing in front of the World Cup trophy.
We will have tried everything.
I took my responsibilities, it didn't work and I'm the first to be sorry.
I am convinced that the future of the France team looks bright, especially if we can count on you.
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It will take time to digest the bitterness and frustration.
We will have tried everything.
I took my responsibilities, it didn't work and I'm the first to be sorry.
I am convinced that the future of @equipedefrance looks bright, especially if we can count on you 🙏🏾🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/GNgiYZvIUi
— Tchouameni Aurélien (@atchouameni) December 19, 2022
Aurélien Tchouaméni, like his teammates in Blue Kingsley Coman and Randal Kolo Muani, was the victim of racist messages on his social networks, which forced him to restrict the space reserved for comments on his last Instagram post.