Three days after the routing conceded Thursday against Spain-and these five goals collected in a tricolor football porridge, despite a happier finish (5-4 defeat)-the French team was able to bounce back to Germany during the small final of the League of Nations, this Sunday in Stuttgart.
With a large workforce review made by Didier Deschamps, the Blues were somewhat late to find their bearings today, jostled by a Mannschaft which had won the last two duels dated (2-1 in September 2023 and 0-2 in March 2024). And yet it was they who found the fault in the first act, on a Mbappé soloist number (0-1, 45e).
With a bit of success, the tricolor captain scored his 50 theree Purpose in selection – The first in the game for more than a year (the previous one dates back to the reception of Luxembourg on June 5, 2024) while the interested party was satisfied with two penalties transformed during his last 11 international outings.
Mbappé doubly decisive
Available and punchy-while Maignan was holding the field antipodes, just 72 hours after having completely sank before the Roja-Mbappé still assured him the victory of his family in the last minutes of the game, serving olise on a set for the goal of the break (0-2, 84e). SA 32e Decisive pass – Improved national record – under the flags.
The reward then of a much more mastered second act on the part of the Blues, who reassured somewhat before attacking the Championship 2026 qualifiers next September. The French team then went to Poland to face Ukraine (September 5), before receiving Iceland four days later at the Parc des Princes in a qualification group which also counts Azerbaijan
