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Ibrahima Konate of France and Mikel Oyarzabal of Spain battle for the ball during the UEFA Nations League 2025 semi-final on June 5 2025 in Stuttgart, Germany(Image: Matteo Ciambelli/DeFodi Images/DeFodi via Getty Images)

Ibrahima Konate may have finished the domestic season as a Premier League champion but the Liverpool defender is having a much tougher time at international level.

Konate was part of a France team beaten 5-4 by Spain in their UEFA Nations League semi-final in Stuttgart on Thursday evening.

Didier Deschamps' side were 5-1 down at one point before a late rally made the final scoreline more respectable.



That, though, hasn't spared Konate the wrath of the media with his performance being picked apart.

The notoriously-stingy l'Equipe rated the Reds centre-back worthy of a rating of only two out of 10, although that was the same as four team-mates as the news outlet regarded his display as "very nervous" up against the likes of Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams.

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Mind you, that was better than Konate managed in Spanish news outlet Marca where he was one of four France players who didn't even manage to be given a rating.

France will now play Germany in the third-place play-off on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Alisson Becker was in action for Brazil and kept a clean sheet in their goalless World Cup qualifying draw in Ecuador in Carlo Ancelotti's first game in charge of the Selecao.