2023-05-10 16:42:00
He was the other Frenchman in this semi-final first leg of the Champions League, apart from the essential Karim Benzema, Ballon d’Or 2022 and captain of Real Madrid. Eduardo Camavinga started the match against Manchester City on Tuesday evening as a left-back holder, where Didier Deschamps had replaced this training midfielder during the World Cup and where Carlo Ancelotti has also installed him in recent months.
The former Rennes player was not unworthy in this meeting in his lane. Camavinga was especially illustrated by this rise in the 36th minute when after a one-two with Luka Modric, the tricolor international crossed a good part of the field to offer a decisive pass to the Brazilian Vinicius, author of the opening of the score.
With this action, the side broke a record of precocity by becoming the youngest player to pass a decisive pass in the semi-final of the Champions League since the statistician Opta follows the competition (2003-2004). At 20 years and 180 days, he is just ahead of Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold (20 years and 212 days).
A performance hailed by Carlo Ancelotti
But Eduardo Camavinga also found himself involved in Manchester City’s equalizing goal in the second half. It is he who loses the ball on the action which leads to the superb strike of the Belgian of the Citizens Kevin De Bruyne.
But this error did not prevent his coach Carlo Ancelotti from hailing his performance at a press conference. “Eduardo is a guarantee, wherever he plays. He is progressing enormously, underlined the Italian technician. In the second half, he was told to play more inside with the ball, and leave Vinicius on the wing. »
“We had a very good start to the match. We want to go win with them. We cannot always dominate, mistakes are paid for in cash, explained Eduardo Camavinga at the microphone of Canal +. Now it’s 50-50. We start from scratch. »
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