Mbappé scores as France draw with Austria in the Nations League

This Friday, the 10th, Austria and France faced each other, at Ernst-Happel Stadium, for the third round of the Nations League group stage. During the first half, France even managed to threaten Austria a few times with Benzema, but saw the opponent open the scoring with Weimann. In the second stage, Mbappe came off the bench to draw and save the French, who have not yet won and are in the bottom of group 1.

RANKS:

AUSTRIA: Pentz; Lainer, Trauner, Alaba and Wober; Schlager, Seiwald, Laimer and Sabitzer; Weimann and Arnautovic // FRANCE: Loris; Pavard, Konaté, Saliba and Theo Hernández; Kamara, Tchouaméni, Diaby and Coman; Griezmann and Benzema.

CHANNEL – ATHLETISTIC:

THE GAME!

The match started well contested, with France managing to control the ball, but finding it difficult to create attacking moves. The first good chance for the French was to go out just in the 17th minute on a set piece. Griezmann took a free-kick in the direction of the goal and Pentz tapped into the right corner. On the rebound, Benzema headed, but the goalkeeper saved again!

Until, in the 36th minute, Austria managed to open the scoring! Schlager won a tackle with Benzema in midfield and played for Arnautovic at the edge of the area. The forward, with a lot of intelligence, activated Laimer, who passed behind his back, and arrived with a low cross to Weimann, who just needed to finish the ball to the back of the goal: 1 to 0!

The best chances for the French were created by Benzema. In the 31st minute, when the game was still tied, the Real Madrid forward took a chance from outside the area, but Pentz managed to fit in. Then, at 43, already in the final stretch, shirt 19 kicked from the edge of the area and saw the goalkeeper stretch all the way to make another beautiful save, in the left corner, and take Austria with the advantage for the break!

Les Bleus sont menés 1-0 à la mi-temps. Encore 45 minutes pour revenir et remporter ce match !

🇦🇹1-0🇫🇷 | #AUTFRA | #FiersdetreBleus pic.twitter.com/OYqrBo3cWi

— Team France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) June 10, 2022

In the second half, France went up in search of the equalizer. In the 11th minute, Kamara left the marker on the ground on the right side and crossed the ball that, after deflecting on Griezmann, landed at Coman’s feet. The Bayern Munich striker let Laimer down but, when it was time to finish, he ended up sending it over the goal! The game really changed in the 18th minute, with Mbappé coming on in place of Griezmann.

At 37, the PSG striker left everything the same on the scoreboard! In a great counterattack, Nkunku received from Mbappé in the middle, waited for his teammate’s movement in speed and sent a beautiful ball in depth. The shirt 10 showed a lot of explosion to be able to start and fill the foot high, left-handed, to swing the net: 1 to 1!

With the score even, France continued to press, but stopped in the excellent saves of goalkeeper Pentz. At 41, after a table between Benzema and Nkunku, the ball was left for Mbappé, who took it off the mark, and kicked hard, but the goalkeeper defended with his thigh and the ball exploded on the crossbar! Then, at 46, shirt 10 took a corner, on Guendouzi’s head, and the goalkeeper saved over the line. 1 to 1 on the final score!

CROATIA WON DENMARK

In the other Group 1 game, the Denmark received the Croatia, at the Parken Stadium, and ended up being defeated by 1 to 0. The goal was scored by Mario Pasalicgives Atalanta, in the second half, which he sent to the nets and guaranteed the three points for his selection. With the result, the Danes remain in the lead of the group, with six points, while the Croatians took the third position, with four. France is bottom with just two.

Victory! ✌️ # DENCRO 🇩🇰🇭🇷#Croatia collects all three points in Copenhagen – congratulations! 👏#Family #NationsLeague #UNL #Vatreni❤️‍🔥 pic.twitter.com/X2VASCpdQ5

— HNS (@HNS_CFF) June 10, 2022