Randal Kolo Muani recounts his lost duel against Emiliano Martínez

Within a few centimeters, Randal Kolo Muani put one foot, or even both, in the eternal. The Eintracht Frankfurt striker, whose entry into the World Cup final had the merit of sounding the revolt among the Blues, watches again and again this very last opportunity rejected by Emiliano Martínez, in the final moments of the extension. In an interview given to bein Sportsthe French striker returned for the first time to this moment.

“I still watch it, I know it by heart. In my head, I said to myself: “Randal, you have to shoot”. I tried to shoot at the first post, the goalkeeper made a very good save and took it out well. I lost this duel. After, I think there were other solutions, I could lob him, I could find Kylian because he was also on a good angle. But on the action, I don’t see it, because the ball comes like that (he mimics the trajectory of the ball and looks up, editor’s note). And me, I go straight like that (straight to the goal) and I don’t see Kylian (left). It’s after, when you watch the video that you see that there are other possibilities but it’s too late, you can’t do anything anymore. I still have it in my throat and I will have it for life, he says. (…) But it does not hurt me. I tell myself that I have to fight and that I will go for that goal. This is what will push me all the time to score and to surpass myself. I think that goal that I missed will give me strength.”. An opportunity that has stimulated his appetite for goals since the former Nantes player has been in a state of grace since his return to Frankfurt. Scorer against Freiburg and Bayern Munich, Kolo Muani will still have the opportunity to shine against Naples in the Champions League on February 21.

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