1-0！ The world No. 2 is happy and sad, Mbappe has a broken nose, and the worst result: withdrawal from the European Cup

Chat about the ball in the middle of the mountain

2024-06-19 05:36Published in Fujian

Euro 2024 continues in Germany, with the first round of the group stage featuring major teams, Germany and Spain starting the European Championship journey with a big win, the Netherlands and Italy, Belgium's upset, and England and France's two favourites. In a match in the first round of Group D, France played against Austria, and the French team, the biggest favorite to win the championship, did not score a goal, only with an own goal, won a thrilling victory, and got off to a good start, and Mbappe also paid the price of a broken nose.

The French team is currently ranked No. 2 in the world, the whole team is worth as much as 1.25 billion euros, and has won the World Cup twice and the European Championship twice in history, especially in 2018 and 2022, the two consecutive World Cup finals, won one championship and one runner-up, Deschamps' French team has become the favorite to win this year's European Championship, the French team is full of superstars, and the most valuable player is Mbappe who is 180 million euros, Mbappe just joined Real Madrid from Paris Saint-Germain this summer.

The French team has participated in a total of 10 times in the history of the European Championship, and this European Championship is the 11th time that the French team has participated, and in the previous 10 European Championship trips, only 2 times did not qualify from the group, won 2 championships and 1 runner-up, 2 semi-finals, 2 quarter-finals and 1 round of 16. In the last European Championship, France was eliminated by Switzerland and stopped in the round of 16. France are in the same group as Austria, the Netherlands and Poland at this European Championship.

France vs. Austria, Deschamps lined up a starting lineup of 640 million euros, Mbappe, Thuram, Griezmann, Dembele partnered in the front, Rabiot, Kante sat in the back two, Te'o, Saliba, Yu Pamecano, Kounde formed the defensive line, and Maignan guarded the door. For Austria, Rangnick fielded a starting lineup of 150 million euros, with Gregorisch in the lone striker position, Laimer, Baumgartner, and Sabitzer in midfield, and Penz in the door. The difference in value between the two starting lineups is huge.

Nine minutes into the game, Mbappe received a direct pass from his teammate on the left side, used his speed to shake off the defender and entered the penalty area, and his volley from a small angle was saved by the goalkeeper. In the 13th minute, Mbappe made another killing opportunity, Mbappe cooperated with his teammates on the left side and made a wonderful backheel pass, and Te'o made an inverted triangle pass, but unfortunately there was no teammate in the middle to outflank and miss the opportunity. In the 36th minute, Austria had a chance to counter-attack after withstanding the onslaught of the French team, Gregorisch crossed from the left, Saliba rose to the top, and Baumgartner's one-on-one shot was saved by Maignan.

In the 38th minute, Mbappe got rid of the defense in the right side of the penalty area and crossed the bottom after a row, and the Austrian defender Wolbel in front of the goal cleared the ball with a header and accidentally put the ball into his own goal, and the French team was lucky to take the lead, 1-0 Austria. In the second half, in the 55th minute, Mbappe received a pass from Rabiot, and then inserted to throw off the defender and then burst into the penalty area with a single knife and pushed the shot, but he still couldn't break the personal European Cup goal drought.

In the 86th minute, Griezmann took a free kick on the left side of the field, and Mbappe jumped high in the penalty area to grab the header and hit Danso's body, resulting in a broken nose bridge, unable to stick to the game and was substituted. Mbappe has yet to score in the European Championship and has struggled to score a goal in 18 attempts, but in the World Cup, Mbappe has scored 14 goals.

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