Bouna Sarr tells of his “beautiful goal”, without cutting his international future

• The magnificent goal of Bouna Sarr occupies a good part of the debates which follow OM-Strasbourg in the Coupe de France (3-1).
• The former winger, now right back, prefers to "focus on his club", rather than talking about the choice he must make between his three nationalities: French, Guinean and Senegalese.

Are Marseille's pizzas better than those of Marrakech? The question crossed our minds for a few seconds, when we saw the two friends Bouna Sarr, euphoric, and Kenny Lala, satiated, debriefing OM-Strasbourg (3-1). Two side-wingers who spend holidays together but who had two very different destinies, this Wednesday evening: the Alsatian signed a match without relief; the Marseillais a performance that will speak at length. Its impressive opening of the score made it easier for OM to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France.

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Bouna Sarr wants to see Kenny Lala at OM and he confirms with a lip contact: "OM? There was a little approach". pic.twitter.com/Bf9uX9lXgH

"He scored a wonderful goal," says teammate Maxime Lopez. Boubacar Kamara admits that the locker room has long chambered the side, not really known to be a killer against the goalkeepers: he has scored only two goals in 24 games this season.

Kamara was "scared about the finish"

"I was scared on the finish, but ultimately, he puts a good strike on the left foot, halfway up, unstoppable," laughs "Bouba" Kamara. Before this shot, Bouna Sarr had carried out a nice oriented control, sprinted from the center line, offered a silky double contact to the 30,000 supporters of the Vélodrome and deposited Strasbourg defense on the spot.

"It's a beautiful goal, it's fun and it shows that I am capable of doing this kind of action," he prides himself. But also, more modest:

It is played in a fraction of a second, at the start, I don't know what I want to do. But the more I advance, the more I tell myself that I can go to the end. I use Valère Germain's call well, which creates a space for me, which makes the opponent hesitate. "

The opponent, in the person of Thierry Laurey, salutes a “magnificent slalom. "A stroke of luck, say the bad tongues. Since Bouna Sarr has also accustomed OM supporters to many inaccuracies and blunders - which also appeared on the copy, this Wednesday evening. But enthusiasts welcome a Brazilian goal, a Cafu or Marcelo goal. Like his former teammate Bafétimbi Gomis, who ignites with a magnificent: “Bouna Sarrinho. "

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We left Marrakech, here we are in Brazil… We wonder what will be the international destiny of Bouna Sarr. The young man, who will celebrate his 28th birthday on Friday, has several cards in hand. The national team of Guinea has been gringing on him since his years in Messina. Senegal, the country of origin of his paternal grandparents, would also have liked to take him to Russia for the 2018 World Cup. But this time, it is Guinea that revives him: the coach Didier Six spoke with him, Saturday, on the sidelines of OM-Angers.

No response to Guinea's offer

"This interest is flattering, that's for sure, but I prefer not to talk about it for the moment," replies Bouna Sarr. I see that it makes a lot of talk… I prefer to focus on my club. Or dream, despite its defensive shortcomings, of a meeting by Didier Deschamps for Euro 2020?

In October 2018, the Franco-Guinean-Senegalese had received a pre-selection for the French team. And since then, nothing. This does not prevent embarking on improbable conjectures, especially between fellow cloakroom. "Ooh, that's a trick question," sighs Maxime Lopez when asked about the possibility of seeing Bouna Sarr in the French team: "If he deserves to be there, he will be there ..." Lopez remains vague, then specifies: "But I think Payet will be there." A less daring prognosis.

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