Turkey conceded 4 goals, Zidane gave free rein to his emotions

Turkey conceded 4 goals, Zidane let his emotions show

The France national team played its second match under Zinedine Zidane. Having returned with a hard-fought victory (1:0) from Turkey's home ground in the 1st round, the French traveled to Belgium this time. Zidane left a number of leaders on the bench for this clash — players like Dembele, Olise, Cherki, Upamecano, and Rabiot, while Mbappe was out due to injury. Therefore, players who are not very familiar to many fans, such as Lucas Da Cunha, Esteban Lepaul, Jeremy Jacquet, and Andy Diouf, started from the first minutes.

The French took control of the ball and took more shots (18 against 10, 9 of which were on target), but the Belgians, managed by Mark van Bommel, also put up a decent resistance and created several dangerous situations. For example, in the first half, Kevin De Bruyne set up Charles De Ketelaere in front of an empty net, but the striker could not adjust to the ball.

In the end, everything was decided at the very end of the match, in the 88th minute: Zidane was still forced to turn to his key players and brought Cherki and Olise onto the pitch in the 77th minute. The former provided the pass, and the latter entered the penalty area with the ball and, despite two defenders blocking his path, precisely directed the ball into the corner.

Zinedine Zidane celebrated the winning goal scored in the final minutes with emotion. Pleased that his decision proved correct, the coach kicked a ball standing on the touchline with force and ran forward.