France beat Belgium 4-1 in Nations League; Italy beat Turkey 3-1

Mixed · 2France came from a goal down to beat Belgium 4-1 in their Nations League Group A1 match at the Stade de France on Monday 5 October. 1 2 Centre · 1Zidane made 10 changes to the side that drew 1-1 with Italy on Friday, keeping only captain Ousmane Dembélé, and gave debuts to goalkeeper Guillaume Restes and defender Leny Yoro, according to RFI. 3 Mixed · 2Belgium's Dodi Lukebakio put the visitors ahead in the 35th minute. 1 2

Mixed · 2Desire Doue, Rayan Cherki and Michael Olise, all on the bench at kickoff, turned the match around in the final 15 minutes. 1 2 Centre · 1Doue levelled with a left-footed shot from the edge of the box in the 77th minute, and four minutes later Cherki put France in front, finishing from an Olise cross. 1 Centre · 1RFI reports Zidane sent on Cherki and Olise on the hour mark and Doué in the 72nd minute, and that Doué drew France level within five minutes of coming on. 3

Mixed · 2Olise then completed a brace just before and during stoppage time, the second coming from Doue's pass after a break, according to Al Jazeera; CNA says both were from close range. 2 1 Mixed · 2It was Zinedine Zidane's first home win in charge of France, three days after a 1-1 draw against Italy. 1 2 Mixed · 2Belgium coach Mark van Bommel rotated too and gave debut to goalkeeper Martin Vandevoort; Kevin De Bruyne did not play, with Al Jazeera's preview saying he and captain Youri Tielemans were suspended, while RFI said there was no room for him in the side. 4 3

Centre · 1Olise told TF1 "we played well at the end", and Zidane said the substitutions could change the game and called it "a complete team performance". 3 Mixed · 2In the same group, Italy beat Turkey 3-1, with goals from Gianluca Scamacca, Riccardo Calafiori and Pio Esposito after Turkey's Aral Simsir had equalised just after the hour mark. 1 2 Centre · 1CNA adds that it was Italy's third consecutive match without a loss. 1

Mixed · 2France top Group A1 with 10 points, three ahead of Italy and four clear of Belgium, while Turkey are bottom with four defeats from four matches. 1 2 Centre · 1Before the match France had seven points and Belgium six; RFI puts Italy second on seven points and Belgium third on six after Monday. 5 3 Centre · 1The top two in each League A group reach the quarter-finals next March, with the semi-finals on 9 and 10 June 2027 and the final on 13 June. 3

Left · 1Al Jazeera notes France travel to Milan to face Italy in their penultimate group game next month before hosting Turkey. 2