The miraculous coronation of the Ivory Coast ignites Europe, Real Madrid trembles for Jude Bellingham

Ivory Coast on the roof of Africa

The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations has delivered its verdict. A historic edition which ended with the coronation of the host country, Ivory Coast! “The third coronation in its history against Nigeria”placarded Le Figaro Sport, a stunning 2-1 victory, like his irrational tournament. For the newspaper The TeamIt is “elephantine” what they achieved. We find the joy of the Ivorians in the interior pages of the Parisian who went through all the emotions during this CAN. Miraculous in the group stage, Côte d’Ivoire experienced some crazy scenarios to reach the final. It was Sébastien Haller, hero of the semi-finals, who gave his team the coronation. The newspaper Marca in Spain puts it in the spotlight, just like in England with the Daily Mail where he is called a hero. In the country, it is a national holiday. As reported Brotherhood MorningPresident Ouatarra declared this Monday, February 12, a public holiday, so that all the Ivorian people continue to benefit from this historic coronation.

Real Madrid hold their breath

If Real Madrid taught Girona a lesson, they lost Jude Bellingham to injury. “Alert” post the newspaper Marca in today’s edition. It’s no secret that the essential man for Madrid this season is not Vinicius Jr but the Englishman. As the club indicates, he suffers from a fairly severe sprain which should keep him away from the field for a period of between 2 and 3 weeks, as relayed by the newspaper A.S.. An injury that comes at the worst of times, at a time when Real Madrid is entering the final sprint of a thrilling season. THE Mundo Deportivo also relays the knockout that Bellingham’s injury brings to Real. But we learn that it could have been worse. The player would thus have come close to disaster, within a millimeter. A very serious injury which would have affected the ligaments of the tibiofibular joint and which would have sidelined him for a longer period.

Thomas Tuchel in great danger

The media Bild takes stock of Thomas Tuchel’s situation after the humiliation against Bayer Leverkusen. The German clearly finds himself in the hot seat and his post-match statements were particularly analyzed. Two sentences caught the attention of the inside pages of the newspaper. The first one : “the match didn’t feel like a 3-0 loss”. More than the score, it was the difference in level between the two teams that stood out. The 2nd sentence: “I would play with this formation again”, on the other hand, caused a lot of noise. Tuchel had made strong choices by leaving Thomas Müller and especially Joshua Kimmich on the bench while opting for a 3-4-2-1 in order to counter the system used by Bayer Leverkusen. An unprecedented defense composed of Kim-Min Jae, Dier and Upamecano. Bayern took on water defensively and up front, it was a total fiasco with offensive animation close to nothing. The newspaper is clear, if Tuchel intends to reuse this system, he must be fired immediately, we read!