League of Nations: relive the difficult victory of the Blues against Turkey, for the first time for Zinédine Zidane on the bench
France Télévisions - Sports Editorial
The Blues played the first official match of the Zinédine Zidane era, Friday in Izmit, in the Nations League.
What you need to know
A new chapter for the French team opened on Friday September 25. The Blues begin a new cycle with the arrival of Zinédine Zidane on the bench. As a baptism of fire, "Zizou" and his men were in difficulty for a long time but a goal from captain Kylian Mbappé, his 67th with the Blues, allowed France to sign a first victory (1-0) in the League of Nations.
• Zinédine Zidane, new coach of the Blues. The 1998 world champion, who officially took up his post on July 28, marked a break with the Didier Deschamps era from his first list, and his first composition. With seven new players and the return of others who had not appeared in the selection for a long time, Zinédine Zidane also chose to do without executives like N'Golo Kanté, Aurélien Tchouameni, the Hernandez brothers, as well as Lucas Digne while Estéban Lepaul honored his first selection.
• Mbappé left winger and scorer... His positioning was highly anticipated. Zidane had hinted, his captain did indeed start at the left winger position, leaving the axis he had occupied in recent years under Didier Deschamps. His influence was limited, but this was the case for all the offensive animation, whether it was Michael Olise or Ousmane Dembélé, almost none really managed to shine. But in the end, it was Mbappé who gave victory to the Blues.
•... but injured and forfeited for the next three matches. On the other hand, his exit due to injury, in the wake of his 67th goal for the Blues, caused concern, while Zinédine Zidane announced that he was leaving the Blues gathering. ''It's not going well, no, it's not going well. He's going to have to come home. We're not going to take any risks. He developed high blood pressure in his knee during the strike. It's not entirely encouraging for him to continue, we're not going to take any risks.'' Consequently, the captain of the Blues is already out for the next three matches on the program: against Belgium twice and against Italy.
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#FOOT Kylian Mbappé forfeits the rest of the rally! Hit in the left knee on his goal against Turkey, the captain of the Blues is made available to his club, Real Madrid, announced the French management. “It's not going well, he developed high blood pressure in his knee on his shot so he's going to have to come back and we're not going to take any risks,” Zinédine Zidane also told TF1. He will therefore miss the next three matches against Belgium, twice, and against Italy.
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#FOOT Our sports department journalist, Hortense Leblanc, was in Izmit, Turkey, to follow Zinédine Zidane's first match as coach of the Blues. Here is his report.
Makelson
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#FOOT Yeah, not transcendent this match.
Response from Quentin Ramelet
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We totally agree @Makelson! A lot of things didn't work tonight, for this premiere of Zinédine Zidane, but we are only at the beginning of this new era.
Quentin Ramelet
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#FOOT How difficult it was for these Blues! Even if the essentials are assured this evening, this first from Zizou is not really reassuring but we must also not forget that Turkey remained in nine games without defeat on home soil in the competition. And there is no doubt that the former number 10 of the France team will quickly get to work to further oil this offensive animation, too often muzzled by the Turks this Friday evening.
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#FOOT It's over in Türkiye! For Zinédine Zidane's first time at the head of the France team, the Blues secured a painful victory in Izmit (0-1), on the occasion of the first day of the Nations League.
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#FOOT Fear a few minutes from the end! The Blues come very close to the correctional after a loss of the ball in midfield and after a very dangerous cross from Eren Elmali. Maxence Lacroix must get out to breathe! (0-1, 94th)
Quentin Ramelet
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#FOOT So it's the right time to give you the great portrait of the Rennes striker, with an atypical career path, by our journalist Maÿlice Lavorel!
Quentin Ramelet
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#FOOT He is the lucky winner of the evening! Estéban Lepaul honors his first selection with the France team, at 26 years old! The Stade Rennais striker replaces former Breton Ousmane Dembélé. During this time, a minimum of eight minutes of added time is announced by the fourth referee. (0-1, 90th)
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#FOOT On the free kick obtained from the hand fault of the Turkish goalkeeper, Ousmane Dembélé shoots directly at goal but the replacement goalkeeper Altay Bayindir dives properly to grab the ball. (0-1, 89th)
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#FOOT The Blues are pushing and Turkey is very close to sinking! Perfectly well served in depth, Bradley Barcola presents himself alone against Ugurcan Çakir who quickly comes out to push the ball outside the penalty area... with his hand! The VAR is consulted by the referee and the Turkish goalkeeper is finally sent off, having annihilated a clear scoring opportunity by touching the ball with his hand. (0-1, 86th)
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