Soccer-France held to 1-1 draw as Italy dampen Zidane's home debut

Soccer Football - Nations League - Group A1 - France v Italy - Stade de France, Saint Denis, France - October 2, 2026 France's Michael Olise in action with Italy's Alessandro Bastoni REUTERS/Catherine Steenkeste

Oct 2 (Reuters) - Zinedine Zidane's perfect start to ⁠life as France manager came to an end when his side were held to a 1-1 draw by Italy ⁠in their Nations League meeting at the Stade de France on Friday, where the hosts went down ‌to 10 men in the closing minutes.

France had won 1-0 away to both Turkey and Belgium in Zidane's first two games, but after Michael Olise put the French ahead 10 minutes after the break, Alessandro Bastoni levelled for Italy.

Zidane's first home game in charge came against the same opposition he had ​faced in his final international match as a player.

That 2006 World Cup final, ⁠which Italy won on penalties, will forever be ⁠remembered for Zidane's headbutt to the chest of Marco Materazzi which led to his red card in extra-time.

France dominated possession early ⁠on, ‌pinning the visitors back in their own half, but the first chance fell to Italy when Moise Kean failed to find the net from inside the six-yard box, firing straight at keeper Mike Maignan.

For all France's slick passing ⁠and attacking play, Olise's deflected cross clipping the crossbar was the closest they ​came to scoring in the opening ‌half and before the break Italy created more danger, with Davide Frattesi's goalbound shot taking a touch off ⁠a French player and ​going out for a corner.

France finally put Gianluigi Donnarumma under pressure shortly after the interval. The Italian keeper parried away Desire Doue's shot from distance and recovered in time to block Ousmane Dembele's follow-up effort from point-blank range.

Donnarumma was back in action moments later, diving to deny ⁠Olise's curling strike as France came out for the second half all ​guns blazing and they found the opener from a free kick move.

Rayan Cherki tapped the ball to Olise who curled an unstoppable shot in off the bar but France failed to put Italy away and a defensive lapse allowed the visitors in for a ⁠68th minute equaliser.

France attempted to play the ball out from the back but Lucas Da Cunha failed to control a pass and Bastoni pounced and drove forward before firing past Maignan.

Eduardo Camavinga forced Donnarumma into a flying save late on before Dayot Upamecano received a second yellow card to leave France down to 10 men for the final five minutes.

Belgium beat ​Turkey 3-0 in the other Group A1 game, with Kevin De Bruyne putting the hosts ⁠ahead in the 10th minute after a one-two with Dodi Lukebakio.

Lukebakio twice hit the post before De Bruyne scored again on the ​hour mark from the edge of the box.

Romelu Lukaku came off the ‌bench to replace Lukebakio and wrapped up the win 14 minutes ​from time with his 94th international goal.

France lead the group on seven points, one ahead of Belgium. Italy are on four points with Turkey yet to get off the mark.

(Reporting by Trevor Stynes, editing by Pritha Sarkar)

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10 月 2 日（路透社）——齐达内作为法国队主教练的完美开局在周五于法兰西体育场举行的欧洲国家联赛中被意大利队 1-1 逼平而告终，主队在比赛最后几分钟被罚下一人。

在齐达内执教的前两场比赛中，法国队分别以 1-0 客场战胜了土耳其和比利时，但在下半场开始 10 分钟后，迈克尔·奥利塞为法国队首开纪录，但亚历山德罗·巴斯托尼为意大利队扳平了比分。

齐达内执教的首场主场比赛，对手正是他球员时代最后一场国际比赛的对手。

2006 年世界杯决赛，意大利队通过点球大战获胜，但齐达内在加时赛中用头撞击马特拉齐的胸部，导致他被红牌罚下，这一幕将永远被人们铭记。

法国队开场便占据控球优势，将客队压制在自己的半场，但第一个机会却落到了意大利队手中，莫伊塞·基恩在六码禁区内射门，却被门将迈克·迈尼昂直接扑出。

尽管法国队的传球和进攻配合流畅，但奥利塞的折射传中击中横梁是他们在上半场最接近进球的一次机会。中场休息前，意大利队制造了更多威胁，达维德·弗拉泰西的射门击中法国球员后弹出底线，获得角球。

下半场开始不久，法国队终于给意大利门将吉安路易吉·多纳鲁马施加了压力。他先是扑出了德西雷·杜埃的远射，随后又及时回防，挡出了奥斯曼·登贝莱近在咫尺的补射。

几分钟后，多纳鲁马再次做出扑救，挡出了奥利塞的弧线球射门。下半场开始后，法国队火力全开，并通过一次任意球进攻取得了领先。

雷扬·切尔基将球轻巧地传给了奥利塞，奥利塞一记势大力沉的弧线球击中横梁后弹入网窝，但法国队未能彻底击败意大利队，防守上的失误让客队在第68分钟扳平了比分。

法国队试图从后场组织进攻，但卢卡斯·达库尼亚未能控制住传球，巴斯托尼抓住机会带球向前推进，然后射门攻破了迈尼昂的十指关。

比赛临近尾声时，爱德华多·卡马文加迫使多纳鲁马做出一次精彩扑救，随后达约·乌帕梅卡诺吃到第二张黄牌被罚下场，法国队在最后五分钟只剩10人应战。

在A1组的另一场比赛中，比利时以3-0击败土耳其，凯文·德布劳内在第10分钟与多迪·卢克巴基奥二过一后为东道主首开纪录。

卢克巴基奥两次击中门柱，之后德布劳内在第60分钟于禁区边缘再次破门得分。

罗梅卢·卢卡库替补卢克巴基奥上场，并在比赛还剩 14 分钟时打入他的第 94 个国家队进球，锁定胜局。

法国队以7分领跑小组，领先比利时1分。意大利队积4分，土耳其队尚未取得积分。

（特雷弗·斯泰恩斯报道，普里塔·萨卡尔编辑）

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