Moise Kean, what are you doing? An inexplicable miss in front of an open net in France vs. Italy

The first big chance of the France-Italy match at the Saint-Denis Stadium belongs to the Azzurri. In the 9th minute, Moise Kean blows a chance to make it 1-0 due to a serious mistake in front of Mike Maignan’s goal.

After a give-and-go between Frattesi and Sebastiano Esposito, the ball reaches Kayode in the box, who finds the completely unmarked Como forward: but what looked like an easy tap-in was squandered by the former Fiorentina player, who, just one meter from the wide-open goal, struck the ball terribly with his left foot, choking the shot and seeing it parried by Mike Maignan.

On social media, Kean immediately came under fire from fans: “Kean is a total disaster,” “Unbelievable mistake,” “The worst mistake in the last five years,” “When we play pickup soccer and someone blows a chance like that, we beat him up,” “How did he manage not to score there?”, “Moise Kean is a senseless player.”

Kean’s starting spot was far from a given heading into the match. Roberto Mancini had admitted in recent days that he had some doubts about the physical condition of the Como forward, who had already missed the away match in Bursa against Turkey due to some physical issues. In the end, the head coach decided to start him alongside the two Espositos up front.