The Didier Deschamps’ France confirms itself as one of the main favourites to win the 2024 European Football ChampionshipIn the toughest, most evocative and interesting round of 16 of the entire continental competition, the transalpine team won 1-0 against Belgium thanks to an own goal by Jan Vertonghen five minutes from the end, facilitated by a shot by Kolo Muani.
The France is in control of the game for the whole first halfbut does not create many great occasions also due to imprecision, as well as the excellent defensive organization of Belgium. The team coached by Domenico Tedesco plays a sacrificial game, with several offensive interpreters who make an excellent defensive phase, such as Carrasco and Doku.
Deschamps’ team He shoots several times from outside with Tchouameni and Mbappéwith the star Real Madrid’s promised bride lighting up in bursts and causing problems when he accelerates the opposing defense. The pressure becomes increasingly incessant in the second half by France, but Belgium manages to restart and creates two dangers with Maignan who has to block first on Lukaku and then above all on De Bruyne.
The decisive episode, however, came in the 85th minute, with Kolo Muani, who had been on the pitch for about twenty minutes, who shot in a strangled manner towards the goal with his right foot.but finds the decisive deflection by Vertonghen that displaces Casteels and is decisive for the passage to the quarter-finals where they will face one between Portugal and Slovenia.
