Mbappé scores and France wins a beautiful victory over Sweden

The young forward scored the winning goal in the 41st minute of a solo effort, while Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann missed a penalty in the closing seconds of the match.

This victory and the three points are a good start for France in a difficult group that also includes Portugal, European champions in 2016, who held the title of the first edition of this tournament last year, and Croatia and runners-up of the champions of the world, highlighting that the meeting between these two teams ended with the first victory 4-1 in Porto.

French coach Didier Deschamps included midfielder Adrián Rabio for the first time after he was fired from the “roosters” for refusing to sit on the bench at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, alongside Chelsea’s English midfielder Ngolo Kante.

Deschamps also gave Leipzig defender Daiot Obamikano the opportunity to play his first international match at age 21, alongside Rafael Varane and Bresnell Kimpembe, while Barcelona players Griezmann, Saint-Germain Mbappé and Chelsea Olivier Giroud formed the attack. of three lines.

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba and Leon Hossam Awar were absent due to their infection with the “Covid-19” virus, before the team lost the efforts of their substitute goalkeeper Steve Mandanda to join the list of people infected with the virus.

On the other hand, Sweden, which is supervised by coach Jan Anderson, entered the match in the absence of their captain Andreas Grankvist due to injury.

The French team imposed its rhythm in the first half without any danger for the owners of the ground goal, while the first attempt at danger was made by the Swede Michael Lustig, who fired a ballistic missile from about 30 meters passed near the French goal (15).

The Swedish defense managed to “strangle” the attacking trio formed by Mbappé, Griezmann and Girou, preventing them from getting the balls and reducing their danger.

Although Deschamps’ men adopted a plan to narrow the gaps, Sweden was about to find the way out to open the scoring after a deep pass and an error in the dispersion of Real Madrid defender Rafael Varane, and the ball reached forward Marcus Berg, who grabbed him through the area gate and fired, but Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Hugo Lloris blocked the ball with his successful exit from his own goal (38), followed by German Leipzig midfielder Emil Forsberg with a center that found no one to translate it into the goal of progression.

The French team punished their host in less than a minute, thanks to the soccer talent of Mbappé, who benefited from the return of the ball after trying to dodge a defender, to hit a ball from a difficult angle that deceived goalkeeper Olsen (41 ).

Deschamps led Mbappé and inserted Manchester United striker Anthony Martial in the 77th minute, so the latter contributed to his country’s team getting a penalty after blocking it from his “Red Devils” teammate Victor Nelson Lindelof, but Griezmann wasted his kick after shooting over the goal (90 + 5).