
After two victories in Turkey and Belgium, the French team led by Zinédine Zidane hosts Italy at the Stade de France to consolidate its first place in Group 1 of the League of Nations, twenty years after his last match as a player in this venue.
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Zinédine Zidane returns to the Stade de France as coach, twenty years after his last match as a player there during France-Mexico in May 2006. He scored in his first match at the Stade de France against Spain in January 1998.
Never two without three for the France team? The Blues want to extend their promising debut in the Nations League with the reception of Italy on Friday at the Stade de France. After 1-0 victories in Türkiye and Belgium, Zinédine Zidane's team wants to cement its place at the top of Group 1, and build on its budding momentum. Follow our live stream.
• Zinédine Zidane back in France... The coach of the Blues returns to the Stade de France, twenty years after his last match with the tricolor jersey in the Dyonisian enclosure and a France-Mexico in May 2006. "Zizou" did not miss the very first in Saint-Denis by scoring the only goal for the Blues against Spain in a friendly in January 1998. Will he have a similar debut on the bench ?
• …And against Italy. France-Italy was also Zinédine Zidane's last meeting with the French jersey, in the final of the 2006 World Cup. A match that has gone down in history for his bloodshed against the Transalpine Marco Materazzi, before the French defeat on penalties. Italy is also an entire part of the career of the former playmaker, former glory of Juventus Turin (1996-2001).
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Zinédine Zidane lines up an attacking starting eleven in 4-3-3 for the return of the French team to the Stade de France against Italy, with six changes compared to the match against Belgium, Dembélé named captain and striker number 9, and the stadium sold out for the occasion.

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