The French national team ended the first half of the meeting with its Ukrainian host, late, with a clean goal, which brings the two teams currently at the “Olympicky Sports” stadium, in the fifth round of Group D in the European qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Mykola Shabarenko scored Ukraine’s goal against France, in the 44th minute of the match, with a powerful shot to the left of Hugo Lloris, the French national team goalkeeper.
Antoine Griezmann, the star of Atletico Madrid, leads the attack of the French national team in the match tonight, along with Anthony Martial, the Manchester United striker, while Karim Benzema, the Real Madrid star, sits on the bench, and Kylian Mbappe, the star of Paris Saint-Germain, is out injured.
France leads the group standings with 8 points, while Ukraine is in second place with 4 points.
The French national team started the match with the following formation:
Goalkeeper: Lloris
Defenders: Zouma, Kimpembe, Dean, Dubois
Midfield: Pogba, Rabiot, Chuamini
Attack: Koeman, Martial, Griezmann
Ukraine vs France
Ukraine vs France
Ukraine vs France
The French team is looking to correct the path and return again to the right path, after it tied against Bosnia and Herzegovina with a goal each in the last round, which will make it fully focus to stop the bleeding points that it suffered and not repeat it to stay at the top.
France national team
While the Ukraine team seeks to pressure the opponent to win it and reach the seventh point, and this requires it to focus and make every possible effort to achieve that.
The French team is missing the services of its star Kylian Mbappe, who left the France national team camp, after suffering a knee injury against Bosnia and Herzegovina, and will miss the Ukraine and Finland matches in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, which will be held this month.
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Kylian Mbappe was injured in the last minutes of the match, as he felt a calf pain, and the Paris Saint-Germain striker was unable to complete the match, and was replaced by Depay in extra time.
