Victory of the Blues against Germany at the Euro: Pogba, "technical and mental leader of the team"

It is not for nothing that UEFA appointed him as the man of the match when the France team won Tuesday night against Germany at the Euro.

Paul Pogba once again demonstrated in this match that he knew how to respond present in important tournaments, after an already successful World Cup in 2018. In terms of statistics, the French midfielder, who plays for a club at Manchester United, has won 13 duels, recovered 12 balls and suffered four faults.

So much evidence of his big match against the Germans.

1 - Paul Pogba against Germany tonight:

12 balls recovered, record for the match

13 duels won, record for the match

4 faults suffered, record for the

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"It's so nice to see him play simple"

In the post-match Tuesday on Europe 1, Aline Riera, the former international of the France team and Europe 1 football consultant for the Euro, thus estimated that "the technical leader of this team, the mental leader , it remains Paul Pogba ".

"He is radiant, he simplified his game, and it's so nice to see him play simple," said sports journalist Laurent Jaoui.

"Kanté didn't have a bad game either. Frankly, the midfielder eventually took hold" on the German team, he added.

An observation seems to be shared by the player himself who spoke at the microphone of the broadcaster M6 at the end of the meeting.

“Team performance is the most important thing. Without them, really, I might not have been so good because they helped me, they all pushed, we all made efforts and really this victory is for everyone, "he said, also attributing this performance to" those who are on the bench and those who were in the stands, to support us ".

"Very clearly above everyone"

For the former coach of AJ Auxerre, Guy Roux, "Pogba was very clearly above everyone". The legendary coach praised "his very large physical presence", his "high technical quality" and his lack of "reprehensible aggressiveness". "He was the best man in the game, better than all the Germans," he concluded. To the point of annoying them? Antonio Rüdiger, the most upbeat German of the evening, made a surprising gesture against Pogba, seeming to try to nibble on the latter's shoulder, very annoyed after this slip that occurred just before the mid-point. time.