an own goal defeated an excellent Austria

A lot of effort but the first three points for Didier Deschamps’ France, who on their debut at the European Championship beat Austria 1-0 thanks to an own goal by Wober in the 38th minute of the first half. Excellent performance from Rangnick’s national team, which perhaps deserved something more.

Austria gave the impression of being able to compete with the vice-champions of the World, defending with order and trying to show up in the Maignan area to hurt the Transalpines and take the lead. The most dangerous opportunity of the first half was constructed by Rangnick’s team, with the Milan goalkeeper avoiding the worst with a great save on Baumgartner, served perfectly by Sabitzer. Once the danger was over, the goal that broke the deadlock came, with Mbappe creating panic on the right, then putting the ball in the center and taking advantage of a sensational own goal from Wober, who in an attempt to anticipate Griezmann beat his goalkeeper.

In the second half the plot of the match did not change much, with the French number 10 who however missed a sensational scoring ball: a perfect throw from Rabiot that put Mbappe in front of the goalkeeper but at the moment of finishing the new Real Madrid player opened too much of the dish sending it incredibly to the side. As the minutes passed, France never gave the impression of being on the ball, with Austria trying to score an equalizer but failing to do so. After 9 minutes of injury time the final whistle blew, giving the French victory.