Paris, France – Gist no dey tire person as we talk wetin dey happen for football world today. Our guy, Florian Thauvin, don finally make comeback join France national team after e don waka for six good years. Wetin make am dey shine again? Na dem fine plays wey him do for Lens.
Thauvin, wey play small small during 2018 World Cup when France carry di trophy, don change am style since he go Mexico to play for Tigres. E score 8 goals and assist 5, but no be be dat we go talk say e shine pass. Na so e come back to Europe, dis time to play for Udinese, and since then, e don confirm say stability dey sweet am like pepper soup with goat meat.
As if say na magic, dis summer, after e don show wetin him fit do for Lens – where e don score two goals already – Didier Deschamps don finally carry am back for national team. Wetin we go call am? Na di fourth player wey don hot-up di Ligue 1 with 17 goal attempts and 38 crosses. E even don dey form like say him wan scatter show with 10 successful dribbles. All dis performance don put am for France camp, Wey e dey look forward to play against Azerbaijan.
Last time wey Thauvin wear di national jersey na June 11, 2019. E be like say na yesterday wey dis guy dey play. During dat match against Andorra, e don score and assist, and now na almost six years later, e don finally return. E don talk say, “Na my first time again, but e be like say na first time because I don pass through plenty wahala since then.” (True talk, bro).
As we dey carry this gist, na just make we remember say, only one player don stay longer for bench before come back – Larbi Ben Barek, wey miss 6 years and 126 days from 1948 to 1954. If Thauvin fit play against Azerbaijan, him go arrange second longest absence for history. We dey pray make e fit score maybe and start another chapter wey go sweet pass jollof rice wey done finish!
For football world, Na today plenty players dey also prepare as di qualifiers for di 2026 World Cup dey hot-up. Plenty teams dey fight to secure their spot. We dey see teams like Czech Republic and Croatia wey dey battle for group L. Dis match fit determine who sabi pass who. So, make you sharpen your eyes and grab your popcorn as dem dey waka onto di pitch today.
Na wetin we go take drop gist about Thauvin for now as di whole football community dey watch as e dey show himself again. Omo, we happy say you don come back sha!
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