France/Italy – Press ratings: Olise shines, Dembélé struggles | OneFootball

As part of the Nations League, the France national team was at the Stade de France this Friday to face Italy and were held to a 1-1 draw (France/Italy video highlights). A match involving 3 Paris Saint-Germain players, all French: Désiré Doué, Maghnes Akliouche and Ousmane Dembélé. Here are the Bleus’ ratings in the press.

Le Parisien:

Doué (5.5) – Dembélé (4) – Olise (7)

 Rabiot (5) – Da Cunha (4) – Cherki (6)

Truffert (5) – Upamecano (6) – Jacquet (7) – Kalulu (5)

Maignan (6.5)

L’Equipe:

Doué (6) – Dembélé (3) – Olise (7)

 Rabiot (4) – Da Cunha (4) – Cherki (5)

Truffert (6) – Upamecano (6) – Jacquet (7) – Kalulu (5)

Maignan (7)

The ratings seem fair enough for a fairly average match overall. Jérémy Jacquet and Michael Olise were particularly impressive, but other players were off their game. Including Dembélé, but also Adrien Rabiot and Lucas Da Cunha. The latter, who had been very convincing against Belgium a few days ago, found it harder to make an impact this time and was even at fault for the goal conceded.

That is normal, as the Bleus still need to work to find the right formula and build chemistry. Even so, you would still like to see Dembélé looking a bit sharper, although we have already seen difficult starts to the season from him before he went on to shine and make a push for the Ballon d’Or. Doué, for his part, further confirmed that he is gaining momentum, while Rayan Cherki once again showed great promise in midfield.

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