The French footballers drew 1-1 in the 3rd round of the Nations League in Austria and remain in last place in group A1. The Slovaks won 1:0 in Azerbaijan. Substitute midfielder Vladimír Weiss decided the result in the 81st minute with a technical attack.
Reigning world champions France were losing long in Vienna after Andreas Weimann’s strike, but substitute Kylian Mbappé equalized in the 83rd minute. Denmark continue to lead the group despite losing 0:1 at home to Croatia.
Weimann put Austria ahead in the 37th minute by capitalizing on Laimer’s precise pass in front of goal. The striker of English Second Division club Bristol scored his first goal in the national team’s 18th game.
Mbappé returned to the line-up after his absence in the game against Croatia and, as a substitute player, secured at least one point for the favorites. Star Paris St. At the end of the match, Germain ran behind the defense in his usual way and gave the keeper no chance with a shot at the near post. The French didn’t keep a clean sheet even in the third game of the Nations League and didn’t win again.
Just like Austria, Croatia also have four points, which surprised Denmark. Pašalič decided the duel in the 69th minute with a quick save in the slide.
Slovakia are second in Group C3 behind Kazakhstan, who drew 1-1 with Belarus.
With this win, the Slovaks partly corrected the 0–1 home loss to Kazakhstan, after which coach Štefan Tarkovič was sacked. In Baku, the team was led by assistants Samuel Slovák and Marek Mintál.
Nations League – Round 3:
Group A1:
Denmark – Croatia 0:1 (0:0)
Goal: 69. Pašalič.
Austria – France 1:1 (1:0)
Goals: 37. Weimann – 83. Mbappe.
Table:
| 1. | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4:3 | 6 |
| 2. | Austria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5:3 | 4 |
| 3. | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2:4 | 4 |
| 4. | France | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3:4 | 2 |
Group B2:
Albania – Israel 1:2 (1:0)
Goals: 45.+2 Broja of the pen. – 57th and 73rd Solomon.
Table:
| 1. | Israel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4:3 | 4 |
| 2. | Iceland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3:3 | 2 |
| 3. | Albania | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2:3 | 1 |
Group C3:
Azerbaijan – Slovakia 0:1 (0:0)
Goal: 81. Weiss.
Belarus – Kazakhstan 1:1 (0:1)
Goals: 84. Malkevich – 13. Ajmbetov.
Table:
| 1. | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4:1 | seven |
| 2. | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2:1 | 6 |
| 3. | Belarus | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1:2 | 2 |
| 4. | Azerbaijan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0:3 | 1 |
Group D1:
Moldova – Latvia 2:4 (1:2)
Goals: 5. Nicolaescu from pen., 64. Motpan – 19. and 60. Gutkovskis, 26. and 75. J. Ikaunieks.
Andorra – Liechtenstein 2:1 (0:0)
Goals: 78. Aláez du pen., 82. Rubio – 90.+3 Meier.
Table:
| 1. | Latvia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8:2 | 9 |
| 2. | Moldova | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4:4 | 4 |
| 3. | Andorra | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2:4 | 4 |
| 4. | Liechtenstein | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1:5 | 0 |
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