Paris (AFP)

Lucas Digne, decisive double passer with Everton, and Kingsley Coman, Bayern Munich's only scorer, illuminated the weekend of the Blues, a few days after having successfully completed the last gathering of the France team in 2020.

- Worthy confirms -

Lucas Hernandez's substitute for the France team has again shown his effectiveness with Everton, traveling to Fulham (3-2).

The victory owes him a lot since at 1-1, he sent two assists in six minutes to Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Abdoulaye Doucouré.

Since arriving in England in 2018, he has sent fifteen assists.

Only two Premier League defenders have done better: Liverpool full-backs Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson.

At 27, Digne represents more than ever a choice option for Didier Deschamps in the absence of Lucas Hernandez ... Especially since he is regularly the victim of physical glitches: he came out again this weekend with Bayern Munich, affected in the pool against Bremen (1-1).

- Coman recurrence -

During Bayern Munich's soulless performance on Saturday in Bremen (1-1), Kingsley Coman was one of the few Bavarians to be enterprising.

It was thanks to his equalizer in the 62nd minute that Bayern avoided defeat (1-1).

This attitude and this goal, a true copy of the one scored in the C1 final against PSG in August (1-0), will no doubt have satisfied his coach Hansi Flick, who put pressure on him in October after his huge performance in the League of champions against Atlético Madrid (two goals, one assist, 4-0).

"It's important that he not only assists, but also scores goals," Flick said, "and you have to do it in the Bundesliga, you have to expect that from a player of his quality too in other competitions. "

The former Parisian is indeed a man of great events, more than shadow work.

He has scored 20 goals and delivered 21 assists in 113 Bundesliga appearances, while in just 29 Champions League appearances he is already ten goals and eleven assists.

- Dembélé worried -

The young right winger Ousmane Dembélé (23 years old, 21 caps), now released from the competition of the young prodigy Ansu Fati (operated for the internal meniscus of the left knee on November 9 and absent 4-5 months), was the Barcelona player the most stirring Saturday night, but could not prevent the defeat of Barça on the ground of Atlético Madrid (1-0).

Despite his great technical facilities, the concern resurfaced after a shock on the left shoulder with Yannick Carrasco.

With the help of the doctors, "Dembouz" gradually managed to get up, grimacing, and finished the match, without being as sharp as at the start of the match.

According to the Catalan press, the world champion suffers from a slight sprain to the left shoulder, but Barça has not communicated on his injury.

Another hard blow is feared for the fragile winger, who has already lived a 2019-2020 season undermined by injuries (9 matches played in total) while Didier Deschamps has not called him in Blue since November 2018.

- Kanté captain -

Less efficient for a few months, even sometimes unrecognizable, N'Golo Kanté took advantage of the fortnight in the French team to rebuild his health.

A week after his high-end performance with the Blues in Portugal (scorer in the 1-0 victory in the League of Nations), the former Caen flew over the debates with Chelsea against Newcastle (2-0), a meeting that 'he contested as captain of the Blues.

His coach Frank Lampard praised his performance and relativized his long period of poor form: "Last year, whatever may be said, he missed 50% of the matches due to injuries, he had a difficult time for different reasons . Now we are managing his training and playing time more, but his performance level is very high. "

Often a torchbearer over the past two years, Kanté plays more of a sentry role, especially when Jorginho is absent.

Chelsea's defensive strength suffers.

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