After a humbling loss against Germany over the weekend, l'équipe de France recovered with a narrow win over Chile in another friendly, played in Marseille earlier today.
They sure didn't make it look easy, though. France had to overcome another sluggish start - although mercifully not quite as sluggish as the one they had against Germany - in order to come back and beat Chile.
Marcelino Núñez scored in the 6th minute with an assist from Mauricio Isla, putting the South American side up early. Once again, France seemed to have gotten off to a horrible start in an international game, albeit a friendly. That had just happened against Germany, and they never really did seem to recover. Indeed, France had played a seemingly largely uninspired game en route to a 2-0 loss. So falling behind to Chile did not seem to bode well.
This time, however, France did have an answer. Youssouf Fofana was able to get the equalizer in the 18th minute, on an assist from Kylian Mbappé. Not too much later, Kolo Muani broke through for France in the 25th minute, putting the home country ahead for the first time.
France was able to hold onto that lead into the half. Then, Kolo Muani proved instrumental again with an assist to Olivier Giroud in the 72nd minute, giving Les Bleus a commanding 3-1 lead late in the game. It proved to be the game-winner for France.
However, Chile was able to make it interesting when Darío Osorio scored in the 82nd minute, to narrow France's lead to just 3-2.
Still, France was able to hold Chile off to preserve the win, which helps them to recover from that disappointment against Germany over the weekend. Nevertheless, those slow starts, and the defense allowing such early goals in two consecutive games is more than a little concerning, to say the least. Let's hope that Deschamps gets the team to get a sense of urgency and tighten things up much earlier, because they cannot keep spotting their opponents early leads like this.
France breathe sigh of relief after beating Chile in friendly by: NEWS WIRES Issued on: 26/03/2024:
France breathe sigh of relief after beating Chile in friendly Olivier Giroud was among the scorers as France recovered from the loss of another early goal to claim a 3-2 friendly win over Chile at the Vélodrome in Marseille on Tuesday.
https://www.france24.com/en/sport/20240326-france-breathes-sigh-of-relief-after-beating-chile-in-friendly
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