Nations League: wins over Denmark, Netherlands and Austria. Mbappé and Lukaku are

Bleus ahead with Benzema, reached and overtaken by a brace from Cornelius. The PSG star goes out with a knee problem, but it doesn’t seem serious. The Orange dominated in Brussels 4-1: ankle knocked out for the former Nerazzurri. Croatia collapses at home (0-3) with Austria

Cornelius overturns the match against France, while the “Italians” Arnautovic and Dumfries also rejoice. The Nations League continues on Friday evening, after the afternoon matches won by Kazakhstan and Latvia respectively against Azerbaijan (2-0) and Andorra (3-0).

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In the matches at 20.45, Austria won 3-0 at home to Croatia, while Denmark beat France in a comeback: it ended 2-1, with a goal from Benzema and a brace from the former Parma. Mbappé at the end of the first half stops and leaves the field touching his knee. Belgium, on the other hand, had to do without Lukaku (knocked out after 26 ‘due to an ankle problem) and lost 4-1 to the Netherlands: Bergwjin, Dumfries, Depay (brace) and Batshuayi scored. Close the circle Liechtenstein-Moldova (0-2, goal by Nicolaescu and Bolohan) and Belarus-Slovakia (0-1, goal by Suslov).

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belgium-netherlands 1-4

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The first round of group 4 of Lega A compares half of Serie A. The only owner, however, is the Inter player Dumfries: Mertens, Theate, Saelemaekers, De Ligt, De Vrij and Koopmeiners start from the bench. The first goal ball arrives in the 14th minute with Castagne, hitting the post. On 26 ‘Lukaku was replaced with an ankle injury, with the foot remaining under the body of the defender who intervened in a crash. Romelu comes out and Holland begins to push.

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Depay and Blind try, at 40 ‘Bergwjin unlocks it with an angled shot from distance. In the second half, Belgium went haywire: Depay signed the double by beating Mignolet after an excellent verticalization by De Jong, then Blind invented two assists. The first is for Inter Milan Dumfries, who pushes the 3-0 ball into the net with the goalkeeper beaten. The second is for Depay, who controls the area and closes the accounts. In the final, Belgium hit the post with Mertens, then scored the final 1-4 with a turn from Batshuayi.

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france-denmark 1-2

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The world champions start off on the right foot, but end up getting back together. Deschamps lines up the Hernandez brothers from 1 ‘, forward there is the dream trident made up of Griezmann, Mbappé and Benzema. In the first half, the three tenors of the Bleus fail to record. The turning point comes immediately after the break, when Nkunku takes the place of the injured Mbappé (during the break Deschamps spoke of a “precautionary stop” on French TV). The Leipzig attacking midfielder closes (with a heel) a triangle with the usual Benzema, who jumps two opponents in the area and bags easily. At game time Varane also hurts: the former Real leaves the field and France loses lucidity on the defensive phase. Denmark took advantage of it and turned the game over with Cornelius. At 68 ‘, the former Parma striker exploits a hole from Hogbjerg and scores the equalizer. The 1-2 arrives twenty minutes later, with a left-handed cross on which Lloris can do nothing.

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croatia-austria 0-3

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Ralf Rangnick’s adventure on the Austrian bench could not have started better. In the other match of group 1, the hosts – who field Pasalic, Brozovic and Kovacic in the middle of the field – keep the ball in the game for more than half an hour: the midfielders and Kramaric go to the shot several times, but at the end of the first time Arnautovic finds the winning flick: after a short descent with the ball and chain, the Bologna striker scores 0-1 with a shot from the edge. In the second half, Dalic’s national team went into total blackout: between 53 ‘and 57’ Austria went to 3-0 thanks to a volley from the newly entered Gregoristsch and a fireball from Sabitzer from distance.

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