Even though they only had to face Poland, a team that was certain to be eliminated, France once again showed that they are not in their best form at this year's EURO.
France had an "easy" match against Poland but were eliminated early. However, coach Didier Deschamps and his team attacked in a deadlock and continuously missed opportunities on the day striker Mbappe returned with a mask.
France's ineffective attacks resulted in a goalless first half. In the second half, France continued to push up their formation to put pressure. Finally, France got what they needed, the opening goal.
In the 55th minute, Dembele was fouled while breaking into the penalty area. France was awarded a penalty and Mbappe made no mistake to bring home the first goal at EURO in this striker's career.
Not stopping there, France created a series of good chances but their attack proved to be too unlucky in the face of the brilliance of goalkeeper Skorupski. Absorbed in the attack, France received a painful blow when Upamecano clumsily committed a foul in the penalty area. Lewandowski took two penalty kicks to equalize for Poland but more importantly, the team maintained the 1-1 draw until the end of the match.
With only 1 point against Poland, France sadly stood in second place in the group because in the match taking place at the same time, Austria had excellently defeated the Netherlands with a score of 3-2. Although being underestimated, Rangnick and his team played a very scientific and tight football.
In the 6th minute, striker Malen retreated to defend poorly and accidentally scored an own goal, helping Austria open the score. In the second half, the Netherlands' efforts were soon rewarded with Gakpo's equalizer after an exemplary performance on the left wing.
However, Austria took the lead once again when Schmid headed home to make it 2-1. Each team scored another goal in the remaining minutes and Austria had an impressive 3-2 victory to take top spot in Group D. On the contrary, this defeat saw the Netherlands drop to third place in the group and face Spain in the knockout round.
90': Time's up!! Final score:France 1-1 Poland,Netherlands 2-3 Austria.
80': GOAL!! 3-2 for Austria! Sabitzer scored to help Austria take the lead for the third time in this match.
79': GOAL!! 1-1 for Poland. Lewandowski got the penalty retaken and brought Poland the equalizer.
75': GOAL!! 2-2 for the Netherlands. Memphis Depay has brought the match back to the starting line.
59': GOAL!! 2-1 for Austria. Schmid heads the ball in for the second goal for the team. The Dutch defense is not playing well.
56': GOAL!! 1-0 for France. Mbappe opened the score easily from 11m away.
47': GOAL!! 1-1 for the Netherlands. Xavi Simons dribbled from home straight into the middle before passing to the left. Gakpo slowed the ball down for a moment before curling the ball into the far corner to equalize for the Netherlands.
46': Second half begins!
45': End of first half! Score of 2 matches:France 0-0 Poland,Netherlands 0-1 Austria
6': GOAL!! 1-0!! Very early goal for Austria with an own goal by Malen from the Netherlands.
1': 2 official matches begin!!
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