As part of the activities of the first group of the first level of the European Nations League competition, the French team suffered a crushing defeat from Denmark with a score of 2:1.
In the first half, the French managed to impose their attacking rhythm in the meeting against the backdrop of the defensive position of the Danes and their bets on counterattacks. Dane Joachim Miele got a dangerous moment, but the latter’s shot hit the target. post, and in the 16th minute, the referee canceled Karim Benzema’s offside goal and continued. The Roosters pressed with their constant pressure, but it was very difficult for the sons of coach Didier Deschamps to break through the opponent’s defense, because their danger was very absent. In turn, the Danish players failed to threaten the French goal, so caution and anticipation dominated the course of the game, which led to a negative end to this half between the two teams.
In the second half coach Deschamps made a quick substitution where Christian Nkunko replaced Kylian Mbappe and in the 51st minute Karim Benzema managed to give his country the lead in goal after Nkunko’s decisive pass, and then the Danes coach resorted to making attacking substitutions in his ranks in an attempt To get back into the atmosphere of the meeting, the French team maintained control and provided them with several dangerous chances, but they missed the finishing touch before the goal, and in the 68th minute, Andreas Cornelius managed to snatch the equalizing goal for Denmark after a decisive pass from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and then the French team tried to press hard trying to win back. Progress was made in light of the outstanding defensive organization for the Danes, and in the last 15 minutes the French players threw all their offensive cards forward in an attempt to snatch the winning goal of the match, but the Roosters’ attempts were unsuccessful in light of the excellent defensive position of the Danish players, and in the 89th minute, Andreas Cornelius intercepted the goal. Denmark won the match, which ended in a 2-1 victory for Denmark.
In the same group, the Austrian team achieved a resounding 3–0 victory over Croatia. With this victory, the Austrian team pulled out the first place in the group, with Marko Arnautović, Marcel Sabitzer and Michael Grigorić scoring the winning team’s goals.
In Group D, the Dutch team won a big 4-1 victory over the Belgian team to take the top spot in the group, with Steven Bergwen, Denzel Dumfries and Memphis Depay scoring two goals each.
At the third level and in group C, Slovakia beat Belarus 1:0.
At the fourth level and in Group A, the Moldovan team beat Liechtenstein with a score of 2:0.
Source: El Iktisad