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CAN 2024: from a life under the influence to the quarter-finals, the incredible journey of Silas Katompa Mvumpa

2024-02-02T08:11:59.882Z

Highlights: CAN 2024: from a life under the influence to the quarter-final, the incredible journey of Silas Katompa Mvumpa. The DRC striker, who faces Guinea this Friday (9 p.m.) in the CAN quarter-finals, lived for several years under a false name. “We are not going to do counter psychology, but since he has been freed from the weight of the matter of his identity, he has opened up, we often see him smiling,” explains Patrick Guillou, consultant on BeIN Sports.


The DRC striker, who faces Guinea this Friday (9 p.m.) in the CAN quarter-finals, lived for several years under a


Just before scoring his shot on goal, Sunday in the round of 16 of the African Cup of Nations against Egypt, Silas Katompa Mvumpa came to relieve Arthur Masuaku, his teammate from the Democratic Republic of Congo who had missed his attempt .

The shy, introverted, almost fearful boy that we knew in 2018-2019 at Paris FC, during the season of his revelation, has become an involved and fulfilled player in Sébastien Desabre's group.

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“We are not going to do counter psychology, but since he has been freed from the weight of the matter of his identity, he has opened up, we often see him smiling,” explains Patrick Guillou, consultant on BeIN Sports , CAN broadcaster and Bundesliga specialist.

He had made the front page of the tabloids in Germany, his affair inevitably left its mark but he was able to recover and regain his honor.

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Source: leparis

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