
Italian players, including Donnarumma, applaud the French anthem despite whistles from the public
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This is the fifth day of the Nations League match between Italy and France, played in Milan at the San Siro stadium. Zinédine Zidane played at Juventus from 1996 to 2001. Adrien Rabiot and Mike Maignan play at AC Milan. Gianluigi Donnarumma, former Paris Saint-Germain player with whom he won the Champions League in 2025, now plays for Manchester City.
The umbrellas were out this Thursday, before Italy-France, in the stands of San Siro. Not necessarily fair play... As is customary, the French anthem was played before that of Italy in Milan, before this match on the fifth day of the League of Nations. We can imagine the emotion of Zinédine Zidane, who played for a long time at Juventus (1996-2001). But also and above all the two AC Milan players, Adrien Rabiot and Mike Maignan, starting at the kick-off. Emotion probably a little spoiled by the Italian whistles. A large part of the transalpine public in fact showered the Marseillaise with whistles, particularly at the beginning. Not particularly elegant…
Former player of Paris Saint-Germain, the club with which he won the Champions League in 2025, Gigio Donnarumma demonstrated his elegance: the Manchester City goalkeeper decided to applaud during the Marseillaise. He was quickly imitated by several of his teammates from the Italian team, more respectful than the spectators at San Siro this Thursday evening...

France opened the scoring against Italy in the 10th minute in Milan during the fifth day of the Nations League. Michael Olise scores after a failed restart from Gigio Donnarumma, who unintentionally serves the Bayern winger. Olise then eliminates Alessandro Bastoni to score (0-1).

Yannick Cahuzac, coach of RC Lens since mid-September, was sacked after nine matches (three wins, six defeats, 22 goals conceded), including a heavy 1-9 defeat against Como in the Champions League. The club thanks its former captain and wishes him every success.

The France team faces Italy on Thursday November 12 in the Nations League. A draw or victory would qualify the Blues for the quarter-finals before the last day against Turkey. Kylian Mbappé is back after leaving the first rally of the Zidane era prematurely.

Zinédine Zidane announced his starting lineup for Italy-France on Thursday evening: Désiré Doué will play as number nine in the absence of Kylian Mbappé, Adrien Rabiot will be captain, and the technical midfielder will be made up of Cherki, Da Cunha and Rabiot. In defense, Jacquet is preferred to Konaté in the hinge with Upamecano, while Mike Maignan will keep the goals at the San Siro.

The France team faces Italy on Thursday November 12 in the group stage of the Nations League. A draw or victory would qualify the Blues for the quarter-finals before the last day against Turkey. Kylian Mbappé is back after leaving the first rally of the Zidane era prematurely.

Le Havre officially named Valérien Ismaël coach until the end of the season after the ouster of Didier Digard. The club, last in Ligue 1 with two points and no victories, is banking on the experience of the former French U21 international, who played for Nuremberg, Wolfsburg, LASK, Barnsley, West Brom, Watford, Besiktas and Blackburn.