Sunday night was one to cherish for Ibrahima Konate on both an individual and a collective level.
The Liverpool defender captained France from the start for the first time as they ran out 3-1 winners away to Italy in the UEFA Nations League, avenging their defeat to the Azzurri by the same scoreline in September and edging them for top spot in their group, thus securing a theoretically easier quarter-final.
The 25-year-old seemed buoyed by wearing the armband as he produced an impressive...