France-Belgium in the League of Nations: the Blues without Mbappé aim for a second consecutive success

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Three days after their short success in Türkiye (1-0), the Blues travel to Brussels on Monday with the idea of achieving a second success.

What you need to know

The first page of the Zinédine Zidane era has been written. Facing Turkey (1-0), the legend of French football began with a success for his debut as coach of the Blues, which had not happened since Aimé Jacquet in 1994. Now launched, he will try to guide the French team to a new victory, Monday September 28, against Belgium in Brussels, on the occasion of the second day of the League of Nations.

• Life without Kylian Mbappé. The only scorer during the trip to Izmit, the French captain left the group due to hyperextension of the left knee. We will have to do without the man who has scored in seven of the last nine international matches.

• Expected turnover. The latest press reports suggested that Zinédine Zidane had left to use other players in his group. Estéban Lepaul can be one of the beneficiaries of the absence of Kylian Mbappé. Andy Diouf, Jérémy Jacquet and Lucas da Cunha are waiting to celebrate their first selection.

• Belgium has not beaten France in an official match for 45 years. The Blues remain on seven wins in a row against this opponent (excluding friendly matches). We have to go back to September 9, 1981 to find the trace of a Belgian success, in qualifying for the World Cup (2-0).

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#FOOT Another quick Belgian attack that sets things on fire! Dodi Lukébakio manages to realign himself, but his shot is too axial to deceive the vigilance of Mike Maignan, even if the French goalkeeper tries twice to catch the ball (78th - 0-0).

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#FOOT Bradley Barcola really doesn't have a good match. He is replaced by Michael Olise. For his part, Rayan Cherki takes the place of Maghnes Akliouche.

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#FOOT Belgium also misses the opener! Mike Maignan comes out at the feet of Dodi Lukébakio at the end of a very well-led counterattack by the Belgians... (73rd - 0-0).

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#FOOT Ousmane Dembélé enters the game! The Golden Ball replaces a frustrated Estéban Lepaul (68th – 0-0).

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#FOOT Second yellow card for Belgium. Youri Tielemans is penalized for a very late tackle on the very good Lucas da Cunha (66th -0-0).

Andrea La Perna

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#FOOT Despite an unprecedented team, the Blues offer very interesting offensive sequences. All that's missing is the goal that would reward the content.

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#FOOT Another slalom from Désiré Doué which ends with a shot on target but which does not hit the mark (62nd - 0-0).

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#FOOT Still Désiré Doué! The Parisian's shot was released by Lammens, Estéban Lepaul was too short to push the ball into the net (56th - 0-0).

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#FOOT Another post for the French team! After a big sequence in the Belgian area, the ball returned to Lucas Da Cunha at 25 meters. The Como midfielder unleashes a shot under pressure which hits the outside edge of the post (53rd - 0-0).

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#FOOT Oh the extremely dangerous strike from Désiré Doué! The Parisian rolls up his ball but it falls just short of the target... Another big French opportunity (52nd - 0-0).

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