France Drop With Hungary
20 June, 2021
France were left frustrated after playing to a 1-1 draw with Hungary at EURO 2020 on Saturday afternoon.
Didier Deschamps made one change from the make an impression on Germany as Lucas Digne started at left-back before Lucas Hernandez while Olivier Giroud once again started on the bench.
Digne looked to take his opportunity with both of your hands as he created the game's first opening on 16 minutes when his teasing cross found Kylian Mbappe, who surprisingly headed wide from close range.
Mbappe then turned provider in the 30th minute as his flick create Karim Benzmea in the box, however the Real Madrid star went for the first-time effort and fired wide with only Peter Gulasci to beat.
The opening goal did arrive on the stroke of halftime however, not for France, as Hungary caught their opponents on the breaks as Roland Sallai played in Attila Fiola who kept his composure to slot past Hugo Lloris.
Deschamps responded by introducing Ousmane Dembele for Adrien Rabiot just before the hour mark, a decision which practically paid off immediately as Barcelona rattled the upright one minute after coming on.
The equaliser arrived on 65 minutes as Mbappe lead a swift counter-attack and got prior to the Hungary defenders before his cross deflected in to the path of Antoine Griezmann, who slotted home from close range.
Giroud, Corentin Tolisso and Thomas Lemar were thrown in the final a quarter-hour as France went searching for a winning goal, nonetheless they were unable to find away as Raphael Varane went wide with a header in second-half stoppage time.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za