Mbappe scored to help France beat Austria and the Netherlands beat Poland
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Mbappe scored to help France beat Austria and the Netherlands beat Poland

(Dan Tri) – In Group A1 of the UEFA Nations League, France beat Austria 2-0 thanks to the brilliance of Mbappe.

The French team is performing poorly in the 2022/23 UEFA Nations League without any victory.

France easily won 2-0 against Austria (Photo: GI).

In the second minute, Mbappe kicked a shot into the away team’s net, but the goal was disallowed due to an offside error by Wesley Fofana.

The highlight of the match came at the beginning of the second half. In the 56th minute, starting from Marcel Sabitzer’s loss of the ball in the middle of the field, Giroud passed to Mbappe so the PSG striker accelerated past 3 Austrian players before shooting with his right foot.

Mbappe scored to help France beat Austria and the Netherlands beat Poland

Mbappe shines with the opening goal against Austria (Photo: GI).

9 minutes later, Griezmann had a cross from the left wing that Giroud jumped high to double the gap for the French team.

Leading by 2 goals, France proactively played solidly to keep a clean sheet and secure their first victory in the UEFA Nations League 2022-23 season.

Mbappe scored to help France beat Austria and the Netherlands beat Poland

Giroud sealed a 2-0 victory for the French team (Photo: GI).

In the remaining match of Group A1, the Croatian team had a 2-1 victory over Denmark to take first place with one point more than their opponent.

Squad

France: Maignan (Areola 46′);

Goals: Mbappe (56′), Giroud (65′)

Austria: Pentz;

Mbappe scored to help France beat Austria and the Netherlands beat Poland

League A UEFA Nations League Group 1 rankings after 5 matches (Photo: LS).

The Netherlands entered the match in Poland with high confidence after remaining undefeated after 4 matches.

Lewandowski did not leave any mark in this match as he was quite alone in attack.

Mbappe scored to help France beat Austria and the Netherlands beat Poland

Cody Gakpo opened the score 1-0 for the Netherlands (Photo: GI).

However, exactly one minute later, the `Orange Cyclone` made the difference.

After the early goal, Poland rallied but they were quite ungainly in their finishing, in the context of Lewandowski being closely marked.

Mbappe scored to help France beat Austria and the Netherlands beat Poland

The Netherlands easily beat Poland 2-0 away from home (Photo: AP).

Not taking advantage of the opportunity, Poland paid the price.

In the match at the same time, Belgium defeated Wales 2-1, the Netherlands continued to top Group A4 but could not officially win a ticket to continue because they were only 3 points ahead of second-place team Belgium.

Squad

Poland: Szczesny, Bednarek, Glik, Kiwior, Frankowski, Krychowiak, Linetty, Zalewski, Szymanski, Zielinski, Lewandowski

Netherlands: Pasveer, Timber, Van Dijk, Ake, Dumfries, Koopmeiners, De Jong, Blind, Gakpo, Bergwijn, Depay

Goals: Gakpo (13′), Bergwijn (60′)

League A UEFA Nations League Group 4 rankings after 5 matches (Photo: LS).

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