(sabasports report) France, the favourites to win Euro 2024, take on Austria in the early hours of this morning. After finishing runner-up on home soil in 2016 and failing to make it to the final four in 2021, France now has the aura of being runner-up in the 2022 World Cup and hitting the European Championship again. France’s opening match against Austria was bittersweet.
N’Golo Kante, who returned to the national team after a two-year hiatus, was brilliant, while the new players at Real Madrid were unlucky. In the game, he scored an own goal and suffered a broken nose while fighting for the top. Austria has always been known for its tough style of play, often causing problems for the big teams, and this was no exception.
Kylian Mbappe set up the first goal for France, but they could not find the net again and were almost tied by Austria. Thanks to Kante’s outstanding performance on the pitch, France was able to win 1-0 thanks to the opponent’s own goal.
However, Mbappe’s individual European Championship goals remained zero, and to make matters worse, he left the field with a broken nose in the second half of the game, an injury that gripped the hearts of fans around the world. If Mr. Mbappe is unable to continue, France’s European Championship prospects are in jeopardy.