It’s an evening that Adrien Rabiot will often remember. Not only because it was a gala poster for the French team, this Sunday evening against Italy at the San Siro stadium in Milan, but also because it saw the neo-Marseillais score his first double under the tunic marked with the rooster.
Two goals very similar to each other, with the help of the other fifty-year-old of the evening, Lucas Digne. From the 2nd minute of play, the Aston Villa left-back, suspended against Israel on Thursday, kicked a corner on the left into the heart of Guglielmo Vicario’s area. The Olympique de Marseille midfielder wins in the air in front of Alessandro Buongiorno and smashes his header out of reach of the transalpine goalkeeper.
The Blues, who needed to win by two goals to secure first place in their group in the Nations League, led 2-0 thanks to a superb free kick struck by Digne and diverted into his own goals by Vicario, shortly before the break (33rd), before being joined immediately (2-1, 35th). But on the hour mark, the Digne-Rabiot duo struck again.
On a good eccentric free kick, left side again, almost in a corner position, Digne is once again in charge and finds Rabiot at the penalty spot. This time, the player trained at Paris Saint-Germain gets the better of Manuel Locatelli to place a delight with an uncrossed header under Vicario’s bar. A goal of great finesse which then gives the Blues a two-goal lead.
This is Adrien Rabiot’s first double with the French team, he who had only scored two at club level, the last on March 12, 2023 with Juventus against Sampdoria in Serie A.
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