JAKARTA - Two French national team players, Ibrahima Konate and Jules Kounde expressed frustration after the match against Morocco in the 2022 World Cup semifinals. The reason is, they have not had time to celebrate their victory by being forced to take a doping test.
In the semifinal match at Al Bayt Stadium on Thursday, December 15 in the morning, Les Bleus won 2-0. Goals from Theo Hernandez and Randal Kolo Muani brought them forward to the final against Argentina.
This victory means so much to the French squad, the euphoria was immediately felt in the dressing room as a success party. But Konate and Kounde did not join colleagues.
Both of them were immediately withdrawn by match officials to undergo doping tests and missed the celebration. This irritated Kounde and Konate.
"We can't even celebrate (a win over Morocco)," Konate was quoted as saying by the Mirror on Friday, December 16.
"It's annoying," Kounde added.
Konate and Kounde played impressively in guarding the defense of Les Bleus in the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup against Morocco. Both succeeded in reducing the aggressiveness of the Morocco attack led by Hakim Ziyech, Sofiane Boufal, and Youssef En-Nesyri.
Even based on the score given by WhoScored, Konate's appearance received a rating of 7.6 and Kounde received a rating of 7.5.
Furthermore, they can be an option for Didier Deschamps to determine who deserves to be included in the starting eleven in order to tackle Argentina in the final.
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