Kolo Muani’s perfect finish marred by his only mistake: ‘They will remember him for eternity’

It had to and could have been its ending and instead of Kolo Muani it soon turned into a nightmare night. He only arrived in Qatar on November 16, two days before the official start of the tournament due to Nkunku’s injury, which he had to replace. At 24 he expected to live the night of his dreams and instead, in an instant everything went dark. It was pointless to score the penalty before Montiel took the eleven-metre shot that started the Argentine party. Yes, because right after the player on social networks, together with Tchouameni and Coman, it was full of racial slurs of all kinds. It was enough for him not to get cold in front of Martinez in the middle of overtime to face an entire country.

The bench of France enters the field and remains incredulous in the face of Muani’s mistake against Martinez.

His action, born almost by chance, which saw him alone in the penalty area in front of the Argentine goalkeeper, was the beginning of a sporting drama. He kicked badly, allowing himself to be mesmerized by Argentina’s number 23. In a video that circulated on social networks he is practically seen the entire Bank of France enters the field already sure of going to celebrate with him. The morning after the final, L’Equipe explained the weight of that mistake: “Muani does not seem to have immediately understood the meaning of this stoppage – reads the French newspaper – Too ambitious to try to make one last chance come true. But it is an action that will be remembered forever on the French side”.

L’Equipe immediately makes it clear what the common feeling was at the time. Muani wasn’t cold enough despite a near-perfect match: “He will remember this blow deep within him for several months, even years.” The French team will be in charge of defending the one who, with a tweet, recalled an important statistic. “Substituted in the 41st minute, Randal has won 13 games in this final, 4 more than any other player. This is the best result in a World Cup final since Gattuso in 2006, who won 17 games.”

Muani’s penalty kick revived France’s hopes.

However, this is not enough to reject the incredible barrage of insults that the player has received in these hours to force him to deactivate his accounts for a while. “What did the little boy think of tonight who watched the 2018 World Cup final alone in his apartment in Nantes?” L’Equipe still writes, but highlights how Muani was able to change the game in the second half and become known for his incredible qualities that in the future will certainly serve this France to try again for the title.