Football: Dimitri Payet pulls away, scores and ignites Vasco da Gama... for nothing

However, he had a good hero's face on this goal, Dimitri Payet.

The former Marseille player (36 years old), sharper than ever and who is finding a second youth on the Brazilian side, at Vasco da Gama, was decisive in the night during his team's match against Bangu, in the Campeonato

Carioca

, the Rio de Janeiro championship.

The former French international (38 caps, 8 goals) scored what he thought was the winning goal at the end of added time (90th +11), after a very good action.

Presenting himself alone at 25 meters in front of a defender, Payet fought to find himself in a striking position and trigger a first time, outside the area, an attempt repelled by the goalkeeper.

In front of the passive defense, it was again the Frenchman who put his foot on the ball following the intervention of the goalkeeper, eliminated a player with a feint strike before finding the back of the net, with the help of the post.

🇫🇷 Dimitri Payet lo volvió a hacer...

🔥 Qué locura de futbolista.

This is a young child over 36 years old in Vasco da Gama.

⚽ Otro golazo, hoy ante Bangu en la Taça Guanabara del Carioca.

#VascoDaGama pic.twitter.com/4vj60jYkTt

— Fútbol Total ⚽ (@FT_Total) January 28, 2024

The explosion of joy from Dimitri Payet, who took off his jersey to celebrate with the fans, was very short-lived.

While the additional time of this match (9 minutes) had already passed when he scored, the referee continued to let the game play and, in the 90th +16, the Bangu players ended up returning to the score on a penalty.

2-2 therefore between Vasco, 3rd in the ranking and Bangu, 11th and penultimate.

“Payet adapts very well to Vasco, he likes Vasco, he likes the way the club trains and works,” said his coach Ramón Díaz following the match.

And he adapts to Rio.

It takes center stage, and that’s what we want.

(...) We follow his progress a lot.

In the last game he came on in the second half and did very well.

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