Last updated on 5 September 20205 September 2020.From the section Football
Mbappe scored his 14th goal for France in what was his side’s only shot on targetKylian Mbappe scored a fine winning goal as France began their Nations League campaign with victory in Sweden.
Paris St-Germain forward Mbappe, 21, cut in from the left flank and weaved past three defenders before slotting home a cool finish at the near post.
Antoine Griezmann was off target with a late penalty after Anthony Martial was fouled in the box by Victor Lindelof.
World champions France host Croatia, who lost 4-1 to Portugal on Saturday,in Group A3 on Tuesday (19:45 BST).
Manchester City defender Joao Cancelo, Wolves midfielder Diogo Jota and Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix had all netted to put the European champions 3-0 up.
Bruno Petkovic pulled a goal back in injury-time, but there was still time for Andre Silva to grab a fourth for the hosts in Lisbon, who were without the injured Cristiano Ronaldo.
Line-upsSweden1Olsen2Lustig18Jansson3LindelöfBooked at 90mins5BengtssonSubstituted forSemaat 88’minutes7LarssonSubstituted forKulusevskiat 70’minutes20Olsson8Ekdal10Forsberg9Berg22QuaisonSubstituted forGuidettiat 77’minutesSubstitutes4Holmén6Augustinsson11Guidetti12Johnsson13Svensson14Helander15Kulusevski16Krafth17Svanberg19Thelin21Sema23NordfeldtFrance1Lloris20UpamecanoBooked at 2mins4Varane3Kimpembe2DuboisSubstituted forMendyat 88’minutes13Kanté14Rabiot12Digne7Griezmann9GiroudSubstituted forNzonziat 90+2’minutes10MbappéSubstituted forMartialat 77’minutesSubstitutes5Lenglet6Camavinga8Ikoné11Martial15Nzonzi17Sissoko18Fekir19Mendy21Hernández22Ben Yedder23MaignanLive TextMatch ends, Sweden 0, France 1.
Second Half ends, Sweden 0, France 1.
Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot is too high. Antoine Griezmann should be disappointed.
Victor Lindelöf (Sweden) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Penalty conceded by Victor Lindelöf (Sweden) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty France. Anthony Martial draws a foul in the penalty area.
Substitution, France. Steven Nzonzi replaces Olivier Giroud.
Attempt missed. John Guidetti (Sweden) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Emil Forsberg with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Raphael Varane.
Attempt blocked. Marcus Berg (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kristoffer Olsson.
Attempt saved. Emil Forsberg (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Kristoffer Olsson.
Substitution, Sweden. Ken Sema replaces Pierre Bengtsson.
Substitution, France. Ferland Mendy replaces Léo Dubois.
Anthony Martial (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kristoffer Olsson (Sweden).
Attempt missed. John Guidetti (Sweden) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Carl Mikael Lustig.
Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Raphael Varane.
Hand ball by Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden).
Substitution, Sweden. John Guidetti replaces Robin Quaison.
Substitution, France. Anthony Martial replaces Kylian Mbappé.