Who Is Randal Kolo Muani?
It was a chance that could haunt you in your nightmares.
We all watched Randal Kolo Muani’s last-minute miss during the World Cup final against Argentina, which was close to changing the course of history, the same chance that could have made him stronger.
Firstly, before diving into tactics, who is Randal Kolo Muani, and how good is Randal Kolo Muani?
The Frenchman, born in Bondy and raised near Charles de Gaulle Airport in Villepinte, joined Nantes at the age of 16.
However, before that, he began his career with several Parisian teams, including Villepinte, Trembley, and Torcy.
The tall, fluid and mobile centre-forward had scored 9 goals with Nantes in the 2020/21 and 12 goals in the 2021/22 season before joining Eintracht Frankfurt in July 2022 for a reported fee of €15 million.
It is no surprise to those who have been following the 24-year-old since his arrival in Germany that the Frenchman is the focus of the top clubs’ attention in Europe.
Therefore, this tactical analysis, as a scout report, illustrates what distinguishes him and makes him very promising.
Randal Kolo Muani Positioning
Kolo Muani, usually with Frankfurt, assumes a flexible role in the up-front trio in 3-4-2-1 and 3-4-3 structures, which have been used 66% of the time this season by the coach Oliver Glasner.
He typically operates in the half-space, either roaming or serving as the dynamic striker in front of Mario Götze and Rafael Santos Borré.
The heatmap of Kolo Muani in the graphic below, from UEFA Champions League and Bundesliga games, shows his fluidity and flexible movements throughout the system, from left to right.
He is always looking for space to attack and does not like to hug the opponent to isolate, yet jump into spaces to dis-mark and drop to link up play.
