Moussa Diaby has rocked Bundesliga nets for the first time this season, and in what way. Established by his new coach Xabi Alonso, for the first time for the Spaniard at the head of Bayer Leverkusen, the 23-year-old Frenchman made an impression with a thunderous goal at the BayArena during his team’s 4-0 victory against Schalke 04.
In the 38th minute of this meeting of the 9th day of the Championship, Diaby, served by Robert Andrich, placed a bleeding acceleration before drawing. At 25 meters full axis, the former PSG player triggered a firecracker with his left foot which left no chance for German goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow.
He still hopes to be on the tricolor list for the World Cup
Congratulated by Mitchel Bakker (another former PSG player) the French international (8 caps) allowed his team to stop a negative spiral of four unsuccessful games in the Bundesliga (2 draws, 2 losses). He also unlocked a goal counter still at zero despite eight games started as a starter. He had so far only scored in the Champions League on September 13 against Atlético de Madrid (2-0).
From the French team’s meeting last June – during which he had two tenures – Moussa Diaby had not been called up by Didier Deschamps for that of September, the coach preferring him in particular Ousmane Dembélé or Randal Kolo Muani. He has a few weeks left between now and the unveiling of the Blues list for the 2022 World Cup, on November 9 during TF1’s 8 p.m. newscast, in order to put himself a little more in the spotlight.