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France and Croatia met for the first time since the World Cup final two years ago. Compared to the Moscow finals, the French and Croats also started with four players from the starting team at that time.
Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappé both caught the coronavirus, so federal captain Didier Deschamps could not count on them, although the latter probably would not have taken the field anyway because he suffered an ankle injury in Saturday’s game against the Los Swedes.
As for the game, in the 16th minute after a corner Dejan Lovren gained leadership for more active beginners.
Towards the end of the half, the French went up a gear and reversed: first Antoine Griezmann by Anthony Martial Dominik Livakovicra, and from there to the goal, an own goal.
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Gallery: FranceCroatiaPhoto: Charles Platiau / Reuters
In minute 55, he pauses as a substitute Josip Brekalo He had a great outing from Mateo Kovacic, and the Wolfsburg player shed two French defenses and then scored his first goal for the national team, making it 2-2.
Eduardo Camavinga, 17, has also taken over as a substitute, which is a great word because for the first time since 1832, a player under the age of 18 has been invited to the national team, with the role of footballer for Rennes, the second youngest player in the history of the French national team. converted. More recently, 106 years ago, in 1914, he played a younger player (Maurice Gastiger) on the French team.
And if you have first goals: ten minutes later Upamecan Dayot He also scored his first shot for the national team, again giving the French the advantage. A Leipzig player heads for the Croatian goal after a corner kick. Olivier giroud he even sold a penalty, ensuring France’s victory.
The final result was 4-2, as in the 2018 World Cup final, so the Croats remain undefeated against the French team.
In the other group match, the current European champion is the Portuguese team With Cristiano Ronaldo won 2-0 in the ranks of the home of the Swedes. Gustav Svensson got his second yellow card in the 44th minute, which gave him the fate of the show, and the next free kick was mercilessly sewn into the upper right corner by the 35-year-old Juventus star.
It was Cristiano Ronaldo’s 100th goal for the Portuguese national team.
The team captain did not reach that far, he also fired a bomb in the second half, giving the Portuguese a 2-0 lead.
In Group 2 of Division A, Iceland took the lead in the 11th minute against Belgium, but with the goal of Axel Witsel and Michy Batshuayi, the Belgians already had the advantage in the 17th minute. In the second half, Batshuayi returned to To score, Dries Mertens and Jérémy Doku got it right, so the final score was 5-1.
In this group a match between Denmark and England was held at the same time, where the match ended with a goal without a goal.
League of Nations
ROUND 2
A DIVISION
GROUP 2
Denmark-England 0–0
Belgium-Iceland 5-one
GROUP 3
Sweden-Portugal 0-two
France-Croatia 4-two
DIVISION C
GROUP 1
Luxembourg-Montenegro 0-one
Cyprus-Azerbaijan 0-one
GROUP 2
Armenia – Estonia 2–0
Georgia-North Macedonia 1-one
D-DIVISION
GROUP 2
San Marino – Liechtenstein 0-two
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