Sakho starts above Arsenal man once again…
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As he does done for the entirety of the tournament when fit, Mamadou Sakho will start over Laurent Koscielny for France today against Germany, to the delight of many Liverpool fans, and the dismay of Arsenal supporters online.
Sakho struggled at Liverpool last term, while Koscielny was widely regarded as one of the best centre-backs in the country, but clearly France boss Didier Deschamps doesn’t care too much about last year’s form.
To be fair, Sakho’s been excellent in Brazil so far.
Here’s how the two sets of supporters reacted on Twitter…
@Joeisone Kos is better than Sakho, yes, but Sakho is stronger which is why I think he’s there, but let’s see how it goes.
— Karan Varindani (@karan301_) July 4, 2014
Sakho ahead of Kosienly!!!! Deschamp is a joke !!!!
— (@JeanPires1886) July 4, 2014
Koscielny is a much better CB than Sakho. I just don’t understand some stuff.
— Fender (@sirfender) July 4, 2014
I hope everyone who’s just bigged up Sakho and mocked Koscielny realises that because of doing that, Sakho will be awful today
— Dan C (@DACrookster) July 4, 2014
Sakho is just preparing to be in beast mode #FRA #LFC pic.twitter.com/Ac9NnJ4OL8
— Brodinho (@Brodinho) July 4, 2014
Heard Deschamps has Germany in his work sweepstake so started Sakho
— Sam (@SamAFC_) July 4, 2014
Hope Sakho wipes Ozil out in the first few minutes.
— Tim Bolton (@timbolton1) July 4, 2014
Sakho starts over Koscielny, great news
— LEO (@WaheemSterling) July 4, 2014
LOL.. Is Sakho better than Kos ¿ he always starts ahead of him for France
— Cindy claire (@Cindikate) July 4, 2014
Big Mamadou Sakho has been superb this World Cup. Won everything in the air, top 3 pass success. #underrated
— 19th July (@olliefoxy) July 4, 2014