Zidane Wins on France Debut
Mbappé scored the only goal before leaving injured, and Turkey finished with 10 men after goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakir was sent off.
- On Friday, France coach Zinedine Zidane secured a 1-0 win against Turkey in his debut, but captain Kylian Mbappé suffered an injury while scoring the winning goal at the Kocaeli Stadium.
- Zidane, a 1998 World Cup winner, took charge of Les Bleus for the first time since succeeding Didier Deschamps in late July in the UEFA Nations League Group A1 clash.
- "Unfortunately I think he's going to have to go home," Zidane told TF1, indicating Mbappé will miss the next 10 days; France held on after Turkey goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakir was sent off.
- Elsewhere, Roberto Mancini's return as Italy coach ended in a 2-0 defeat to Belgium at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, with Mika Godts scoring in the 20th minute and Dodi Lukebakio adding a second.
- France will head to Brussels for their next game against Belgium on Monday without Mbappé, while Saturday's action features England hosting Spain alongside victories for Sweden, Ukraine, Armenia, and Montenegro.
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Turkey's 1-0 defeat to France in their first UEFA Nations League A match has divided sports writers. One commentator stated, "We witnessed that we are a team belonging to Category A," while Serkan Akcan argued that the national team suffers from a "significant lack of quality." Deniz Çoban, on the other hand, wrote that Uğurcan Çakır's red card, shown after a VAR review, was correct. The article, titled "Defeat Considered Victorious on This Path…
The French press devoted extensive coverage to the 1-0 victory against Turkey in Group 1 of the UEFA Nations League A. Headlines highlighted Zinedine Zidane's ending a 32-year winless streak (he was the first French coach since Aime Jacquet to win his first match in charge) and the injury to Kylian Mbappe, who scored the winning goal.
The French men's football team kicked off the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Nations League tournament with a victory in Turkey on Friday.
France won in Turkey for Zinedine Zidane's premiere. Samir Nasri, on the other hand, is worried about an environment unable to give the Blues the tempo. Samir Nasri did not let himself be carried away by the......
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