Nine months after his last appearance for Les Bleues, Amel Majri scored in France’s 2-1 win over Nigeria on Saturday.
He has not appeared in the tricolor jersey since February 28, 2024. That day, the French women’s team was beaten by Spain (2-0) in the Nations League final. A first final in an official competition for the Blues, but a last choice for Amel Majri, who was not invited back by his then manager Hervé Renard. With the latter out this summer after a final failure at the 2024 Olympics, Majri took advantage of Laurent Bonade’s confidence. A profitable choice for Herve Renard’s successor, starting with attacking marking
Saturday against Nigeria (2-1).
Amel Majri, who has been called up for the Blues’ final squad in 2024, has not missed his return. The mother scored the second French goal in the match against “Super Falcons”. But before that, it was Eugenie Le Sommer who put France on the right track, opening the scoring with a pass from Marie-Antoinette Catoto (29th). And eight minutes later he became the scorer from Amel Majri’s pass (2-0, 37th).
Spain will finish in 2024
The well-placed French, however, were surprised just before the break by a well-led Nigerian counter-attack, which was finished off by Ifeoma Onumonu (2-1, 45th + 3). He will still be able to regain some heat during the second half, even if no more goals are scored. Laurent Bonaday, for his part, was rotated, bringing on other French players such as Wendy Renard, Eugenie Le Sommer and Grace Gueiro at half-time.
So Les Bleues won their friendly match of the day.They have the last one left, which should be of a completely different caliber, as it is against Spain that the Tricolors will play next Tuesday December 3 at the Allianz Riviera in Nice (21:00).
