Sept. 28, 2026, 7:17 p.m. ET
No Kylian Mbappé? No drawback.
Michael Olise drilled a late objective to offer France a 1-0 Nations League victory over Belgium on Monday, Sept. 28 at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.
Within the 88th minute, Les Bleus performed glorious protection to cease Belgium from scoring. Olise, 24, then took a go on the Pink Devils’ facet of the pitch, bounced the ball off his chest, and raced downfield. He dribbled previous one defender, who fell attempting to chase him, after which ran as much as a pair of Belgium gamers in entrance of the objective. He smacked the ball into the nook of the web simply previous the leaping goalkeeper Senne Lammens for the golazo.
The objective was so exhilarating that France’s ever-stoic supervisor, Zinedine Zidane, ran down the sideline and kicked a ball that was on a stand, sending it flying.
“I do not even know what I did,” he instructed the media in French after the match whereas grinning ear to ear.
That is Zidane’s first yr on the helm of France’s nationwide group. He changed Didier Deschamps this summer time when France’s longest-tenured supervisor retired after ending fourth within the World Cup. Zizou is 2-0 with each matches to date being Nations League fixtures.
France is with out Mbappé as a result of the Golden Boot winner and Ballon d’Or candidate injured his left knee after scoring in opposition to Turkey on Friday, Sept. 25. Olise had the help on the play.
Through the World Cup, Olise had seven assists, which surpassed Brazilian icon Pelé for the event file.
