Euro 2024: Kylian Mbappé suffers bloody nose but leads France to narrow 1-0 victory against Austria
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Kylian Mbappé played a vital role in France’s narrow 1-0 win against Austria in its opening Group D match at Euro 2024 on Monday.
Soccer superstar Kylian Mbappé played a vital role in France’s narrow 1-0 win against Austria in its opening Group D match at Euro 2024 on Monday. The new Real Madrid forward showed his trademark speed and lightning quick footwork to create the game’s only goal in the 38th minute. After skipping past a defender, France’s captain flashed a pass across the goal which was inadvertently headed by Austria’s Maximilian Wöber into his own net. France continued to create chances throughout the tie but failed to add to its lead – the best chance falling to Mbappé who could only steer his shot wide when faced with just the goalkeeper to beat. Despite dominating for large periods of the match, Les Bleus didn’t have it all their own way, with Austria standing up to the No. 2 team in the world. But the Burschen couldn’t produce that moment of quality in front of goal and eventually ran out of ideas.