France managed to get all the points but their performance was far from perfect. They will be looking to improve quickly, as they needed an own goal to beat Austria today at Euro 2024.
Kylian Mbappe and Marcus Thuram ran the show in attack but were unable to get the final product.
Austria vs France Highlights
16′ – Yellow Card: Max Wöber gets himself into the book for a bad foul on Ousmane Dembele.
34′ – Yellow Card: Phillipp Mwene is the next player into the book for a foul on Ousmane Dembele.
38′ – GOAL! Kylian Mbappe chips the ball into the box, but Max Wober connects with it before any France player and unfortunately turn it into his own net.
56′ – Yellow Card: Ousmane Dembele is the first France player into the book this evening.
80′ – Yellow Card: Christoph Baumgartner gets booked and that’s the third Austrian player in the books.
84′ – Yellow Card: Konrad Laimer takes out Kylian Mbappe and the Austrian is booked.
87′ – INJURY! Kylian Mbappe is down injured in the box and it looks like he has a broken nose.
90′ – Yellow Card: Kylian Mbappe gets booked after coming back on the pitch to waste time when he was already going off.
90′ + 3′ – Yellow Card: Kevin Danso gets booked for a foul on Olivier Giroud.
Player Of The Match
N’Golo Kante is the man of the match today for a terrific performance. He rolled back years to get back to his best and was all over the pitch tracking down the Austrian players.
Key Moment
Kylian Mbappe gets injured and this could be a big issue for France. They face The Netherlands next and will be hoping that the striker can return to training before Thursday as their match is on Friday.
Key Stats
- William Saliba completed more accurate long balls than any other player in the first half (3).
- France have won the opening game at all six major tournaments under Didier Deschamps.
- Max Wöber is the first Austrian to score an own goal at a major tournament.
- The defeat ended Austria’s 7-match winless run in all competitions.
- The win was Didier Deschamps’ 100th as the France manager.
Conclusion
France will be delighted with the win, but they need to get better as the tournament goes on as they are nowhere near the level needed to win the trophy this summer. Austria showed a lot of fight and will be delighted with the performance despite the loss.
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