Debut in a European championship for Mike Maignan, who at Euro 2020 despite being regularly called up, found himself observing his teammates from the bench for the entire tournament, with Hugo Lloris starting in goal as well as captain. With the farewell of the latter, here is the great opportunity for the AC Milan player who, however, had to withdraw due to injury at his first big chance, i.e. the 2022 Qatar World Cup. A narrow success comes against Austria and the goalkeeper has a high specific weight on the result. 90 minutes plus injury time for him. Transalpini who lead their group on equal points with the Netherlands and against the Oranje the selection of Didier Deschamps will face it for the second match, which will come first in the group. Appointment in Leipzig on June 21st at 9pm.
The report card edited by MilanNews.it by Mike Maignan: vote 7
Football is made of sliding doors. What would have happened if his exit on Baumgartner had not been effective? Wober’s own goal certainly wouldn’t have come two minutes later to break the deadlock (also because the referee didn’t award the corner to the Austrians following the goalkeeper’s rebound…). In the circumstance his save is incredible, for how he reads the action and how he decides to neutralize the opponent by putting his whole body into it. He’s world-class stuff. The fact that the match ends 1-0 for France increases the specific weight of the feat. He risks his safety in the second half always to neutralize Baumgartner. The first in a major tournament with the national team was very good.
