In the quarterfinals of Euro 2024, France will face Belgium. Substitute Muani broke the deadlock for France, but the goal was ultimately counted as Vertonghen's own goal as France continued their embarrassing record of zero goals in this tournament.
Against Belgium, France dominated the game, having nine shots on goal in the first half compared to one. However, against the Belgian defence, France did not create many good chances to score.
Unable to break the situation, Didier Deschamps made the first substitution, replacing Thuram with Muani in the 62nd minute, and this substitution also had a key effect.
After De Bruyne missed a chance in the 83rd minute, France used patient playmaking to create chances in the 85th minute, Kante went through, Muani turned and swept the ball into the back of the net, and the ball bounced off Vertonghen's body and into the net to finally break the deadlock.
It was France's third goal of the tournament and the second own goal scored by their opponents, with Muani missing his maiden goal at the tournament.
In the 2022 World Cup final, Muani's powerful shot was blocked by Martinez and missed a good chance to kill. Two years later, Muani redeemed himself in the last 16 of the European Championships.