The France national team woke up in the European Nations League by achieving a victory over Belgium with a score of 2-0, in the framework of the matches of the second round of the first level group stage, this evening, Monday, September 9.
Paris Saint-Germain winger, Ousmane Dembélé, imposed himself as the star of the match by assisting the lead goal and scoring the second goal, while providing wonderful individual and team work on the right flank after starting as a starter alongside Marcus Thuram and Kolo Mwani in the absence of Kylian Mbappe, who participated in the 67th minute instead. From ports.
Ousmane Dembélé created the first goal with a shot from inside the penalty area that bounced off Belgium goalkeeper Quinn Castelis to find Kolo Mwani, who shot it with one touch into an empty net in the 29th minute of the first half.
A few minutes after the start of the second half, Ousmane Dembélé completed the great work he did in the match by scoring the goal to confirm the victory in the 57th minute, with a missile shot.
Ousmane Dembele dribbled past 3 defenders in one play inside the operations area before firing a left shot that caught the goalkeeper's right scissors, who flew at it to no avail.
The French team advanced to second place in the standings of Group Two of the first level in the European Nations League Championship 2024-25 season, with 3 points, to compensate for the loss it suffered at the Princes’ Park Stadium against Italy during the first round (3-1). .
At the same time as France's match against Belgium, in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, Italy defeated the Israeli team with a score of 2-1, putting the four-time world champions at the top of the group with six points.
While Belgium fell to third place with 3 points on goal difference from second place France, and Israel is at the bottom of the group with zero points.