Alarm in France: Mbappé retires due to injury. Photo: AFP
The meeting between France Y Denmark for the first day of the UEFA Nations League it was a pre-match of the World Cup. It is that they both share the Group D from Qatar 2022 (they can meet Argentina in the round of 16) and they want to get to the tournament at a good pace to play a good role. The Gauls will try to relaunch the world title, while the red dynamite will try to be the surprise.
The game, which was played at Stadium of France where Real Madrid were crowned European champions just six days ago, it was a storm of emotions. Although it wasn’t as attractive a match as one might expect from the previous one.
The game was tight from the start. At the end of the first half, the Paris Saint Germain striker was injured, Kylian Mbappé. The French team had possession of the ball, but the French felt it a bother and he had to be treated immediately by doctors. He left the pitch and stayed in the locker room.
Didier Deschamps decided to take care of the attacker. Thus, at the start of the second half, Leipzig forward Christopher Nkunku took his place. We will have to see what the medical studies reveal and whether it is a compromising injury or not.
While, nkunku24 years old, he became a determining factor in the result despite the few minutes on the playing field while putting in a magnificent play with Karim Benzema which ended with a goal.
On 6 minutes of the second half, the Real Madrid striker passed the ball to the Leipzig striker inside the area and he returned it with his heel. Then, the 34-year-old Frenchman left two rivals on the road and hit him with his left, placing the ball on the goalkeeper’s left.
But in the 22nd minute of the second half, after a recovery in the rival field thanks to the high pressure, the Danes equalized the game. Andrea Cornelio – entered eight minutes earlier – receives an excellent pass between the lines of Hojbjerg and defines the 1-1 on the right of Hugo Lloris.
When everything indicated that the match would end in a draw, a blow shook the French.
After a bad serve by Kanté, the Danes recovered the ball in their own half and after a series of passes Cornelius he took advantage of it and ran alone behind the defenders. The attacker faces the goalkeeper and shoots the left 2-1 in the 43rd minute. He gave the victory to his team and scored two goals.
So the Danes gave the surprise to the first round of the League of Nations. They celebrated, took all three points and took France’s unbeaten record after 20 games. The goals were on the bench and the coach punctually played his card.
Source: Clarin
