France 2-0 Belgium: Ousmane Dembele stunner gets Les Bleus back to winning ways | OneFootball

Pressure on Dider Deschamps relaxed with impressive win

After a slow start from the hosts, which saw the Red Devils dominate proceedings in Lyon, Randal Kolo Muani’s close-in strike and Ousmane Dembele’s left footed drive handed Les Blues their first points of the Nations League campaign.

It was a positive response by the French, who changed eight of the starting players, including Kylian Mbappe, after being beaten 3-1 by Italy in Paris last Friday in their opening Group A2 fixture.

But they had to weather early attacks by their visitors before settling into a rhythm and then imposing themselves on the contest.

Italy won the other Group A2 fixture against Israel in Budapest on Monday to open up a three-point advantage. Belgium, who beat Israel 3-1 in Hungary last Friday, share second spot with France on three points.