BRUSSELS : France coach Didier Deschamps praised match-winner Randal Kolo Muani after the striker's double led his side to a 2-1 victory away to Belgium in their Nations League A Group 2 clash on Monday as they put one foot in the quarter-finals.
Kolo Muani netted a penalty and second-half header as France held off the lively home side and finished the match with 10 men following a second booking for captain Aurelien Tchouameni.
Kolo Muani has been a rare starter for Paris Saint-Germain this season but has four goals in as many games for France."He's interesting, he's radiant," Deschamps told TF1. "He is confident and has a very specific profile where in his runs with the ball there is presence.
He is a good header and with us he is very often successful."Belgium dominated the opening exchanges and would have opened the scoring if Youri Tielemans had not missed a penalty."We were shaken for the first 20 to 25 minutes where they (Belgium) put in a lot of intensity, while we made a lot of technical errors," Deschamps added. "When we were able to find solutions going forward, it was better for us. "We had to shake them (the players) up.