PLAYER RATINGS | Greece 2-2 France: Les Bleus held in Athens
After last week’s 14-0 drubbing of Gibraltar, Les Bleus faced a somewhat more demanding challenge as they travelled to Athens to round off their qualifying campaign.
Brice Samba, 5 – The Lens shot-stopper was mostly imposing around his box and could do little about the two Greek goals.
Jules Koundé, 4 – Any assessment of his performances for France should take into account that he isn’t playing in his preferred position. The Barcelona man offered little going forward and was beaten far too easily by Giannoulis on Greece’s second goal.
William Saliba, 6 – Did well to recover from his early stumble under pressure. The Arsenal man was locked in a fierce battle with Ioannidis for the rest of the game, and was able to win most of his duels against the Panathinaikos forward.
Lucas Hernandez, 5
Théo Hernandez, 6
Adrien Rabiot, 7
Youssouf Fofana, 7 – Two encouraging performances from the Monaco man during this international break, both capped off with goals in both games.
Ousmane Dembélé, 3 – A handful of line-breaking dribbles but contributed little else, looking somewhat isolated on the wing for most of the hour he was on the pitch. Replaced by Kingsley Coman, who almost created the winning goal with a cross that was deflected onto both posts.
Antoine Griezmann, 7 – The vice-captain – who wore the armband in Mbappé’s absence – was at his all-action best in the first half, breaking up attacks while orchestrating what looked to be a convincing victory in the midfield battle. Like his midfield partners, he faded away slightly in the midst of the quick-fire Greek double on the hour mark, but was still among France’s standout performers.
Randal Kolo Muani, 6 – Little involvement but a well-taken goal to open the scoring, and another headed
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