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Désiré Doué bursts the screen this season. Reindeer defector in Paris last summer, the interested party took a completely different scale in the capital. To the point of inviting themselves to the French team A, under the orders of Didier Deschamps, after a beautiful Olympic campaign already under the orders of Thierry Henry, then coach of the Espoirs.
On March 23 at the Stade de France, facing Croatia in the quarter-final return of the League of Nations (2-0; 2-2 in the cumulation of scores; 5-4 on penalties for the Blues), the young 19-year-old striker was able to celebrate his first tricolor selection. With brilliantly since his entry into play helped to energize the game of the French team to the happy ending that we know.
Yet to believe the coach of the Faé Ivory Coast, the story could have been very different. “” It's been about two years that we chat with the entourage of Désiré Goué and with Désiré in person too. We exchanged a lot together and it was obviously a player that we would have liked to recover and who has long thought. »»
Gifted and the timing inspired by Deschamps
In the Podcast After Africa of RMC, the Elephant Stratege continues: ” Her heart has long, a long time, beaten between coming to play for Côte d'Ivoire and playing for France. With all the more doubts than her brother, Guéla Doué, who plays the right side in Strasbourg, opted for him for Ivorian sports nationality (5 capes has endorsed since March 2024).
“” Unfortunately, the circumstances have made France requested it in the same timing as wetoday deplores Emerse Faé, beautiful player however. For the moment, he has decided to play for France so we respect his choice. We wish him really good luck for the rest of his international career. »»
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