LIVE: France Vs Austria; Watch live Europe Nations League match streaming
- The 2022-23 UEFA Nations Legaue enters its final stages this week as France welcome Austria to face them at the Stade de France in a Group A1 encounter.
- Kylian Mbappe, Oliver Giroud lead the forward for France against Austria
- Fofana and Jules Koundé are the backline for France
Having seen their hopes of back-to-back UEFA Nations League titles crash and burn, France resume League A Group 1 duties at home to Austria on Thursday night.
Les Bleus are facing the prospect of a devastating relegation to League B, while their visitors are not much better off, sitting in third place with four points to their name
The 2022-23 UEFA Nations Legaue enters its final stages this week as France welcome Austria to face them at the Stade de France in a Group A1 encounter.
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In what will be the final international window before the Qatar 2022 World Cup, there’s plenty at stake for several sides looking for strong form – while for others, it is simply a matter of ensuring they finish on a high note.
Not even the sheer goalscoring brilliance of Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe could prevent France going winless throughout all of June, as Didier Deschamps witnessed his side quickly plummet to the bottom of the standings in their Nations League group.
For whatever reason, the Bleus squad just did not gel in the summer – although scheduling four Nations League games right after a hectic domestic season may have had a part to play in that – and top spot is now firmly out of their reach.
Taking just two points from the first 12 on offer, France ended an abysmal month of June with a 1-0 defeat to Croatia on matchday four, as Luka Modric’s fifth-minute penalty saw the Chequered Ones glean a measure of revenge from their World Cup final defeat in 2018.
While their Nations League crown will soon fall into another team’s lap, France still have a World Cup trophy to defend before the end of the year, with Australia, Denmark and Tunisia all seeking to take advantage of Les Bleus’ recent woes in Group D.
Victory for Austria this week would officially relegate France to League B, but Ralf Rangnick’s side are not safe from the drop just yet either, with Das Team going winless in their final three Nations League games back in June.
After opening the 2022-23 tournament with an eye-catching 3-0 success over Croatia, Austria took just one point from the next nine on offer and succumbed to goals from Jonas Wind and Andreas Skov Olsen in a 2-0 defeat to Denmark last time out.
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With no World Cup to prepare for, Das Team can harness all of their competitive energy into their Nations League survival bid, and Rangnick will prepare his side for two friendlies with fellow Qatar absentees Andorra and Italy in November.
A paltry one win from their last six games in all competitions does not make for positive reading for Das Team before a trip to the Stade de France, but they had won five Nations League games on the bounce away from home before coming out second best against Denmark.
Rangnick’s men were undone by a late Mbappe leveller in a 1-1 draw with France three months ago, and Austria have suffered four consecutive defeats against Les Bleus away from home since winning 2-1 in a 1965 friendly.
France Squad
Goalkeepers
Maignan, Areola, Lafont
Defenders
Varane, Pavard, Koundé, Mendy, Upamecano, Saliba, Clauss, Badiashile, Truffert
Midfielders
Tchouaméni, Guendouzi, Nkunku, Veretout, Camavinga, Fofana
Forwards
Giroud, Griezmann, Mbappé, Dembélé, Kolo Muani
Austria Squad
Goalkeepers
Linder, Schlager, Pentz
Defenders
Alaba, Lainer, Ulmer, Trimmel, Posch, Danso, Lienhart, Wöbe, Trauner, Friedl
Midfielders
Sabitzer, Schlager, Baumgartner, Seiwald, Ljubicic, Saračević, Schmid
Forwards
Arnautović, Gregoritsch, Weimann, Onisiwo
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