Game is over and the final score is France 0-0 Israel. Les Bleus advance despite frustrating Nations League draw.
2024/2025 UEFA Nations League
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Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
17' Jaber concedes a free-kick for a foul on T. Hernández
19' Close! Muani does well to stretch and meet a cross and loop a header on target
20' Peretz makes a great save to deny Kante's shot
35' Camavinga is shown a yellow card
37' Shlomo is free in the middle but he can't steer his shot on target!
43' Barcola misses a great chance to open the scoring
43' Camavinga gets down in the penalty area but the referee says nothing
54' Camavinga with a long-range effort, but once again, Peretz comes to the rescue
66' Camavinga shoots from a long way out but his powerful shot is just wide
70' Nkunku, Coman and Rabiot are subbed on
76' Zaïre-Emery looked sure to score but Peretz somehow got down to push it out!
Match Report
France advanced to the quarter-finals of the Nations League despite being held to a frustrating goalless draw by Israel at the Stade de France.
Israel picked up their first point in Group A2 by producing a stubborn defensive performance against a France team missing Kylian Mbappe following his omission by Didier Deschamps.
Daniel Peretz kept out Randal Kolo Muani and N'Golo Kante in the early stages as France dominated possession, before the visitors missed a glorious chance in the 37th minute.
Dor Turgeman flicked on a free-kick towards the far post, where Raz Shlomo just failed to get a decisive touch in front of a gaping goal.
Ibrahima Konate headed over the crossbar early in the second half, but clear-cut chances were few and far between for Deschamps' disjointed France side.
Their best opportunities to take three points came in stoppage time, but Marcus Thuram headed straight at Peretz before the Israel goalkeeper made a sprawling save to deny Christopher Nkunku right before the full-time whistle.
Despite their failure to find a winner, France secured safe passage to the last eight alongside Italy, with Israel remaining bottom of the group, three points behind Belgium.
Data Debrief: No Mbappe, no joy for France
Having left Mbappe out of their squad for the second successive international break, France struggled in front of goal despite dominating for long periods in Paris.
They fired off 24 shots worth 2.31 expected goals (xG) to Israel's three efforts worth 0.05 xG, hitting the target on eight occasions but failing to beat Peretz.
Line-ups
France XI: Kante, Maignan, Theo, Upamecano, Konate, Kounde, Muani, Eduardo Camavinga, Michael Olise, Bradley Barcola, Warren Zaïre-Emery
Subs: Jonathan Clauss, Brice Samba, Rabiot, Coman, Thuram, Pavard, Nkunku, Guendouzi, William Saliba, Manu Koné, Lucas Chevalier
Israel XI: Shon Goldberg, Sagiv Jehezkel, Raz Shlomo, Manor Solomon, Mohammed Abu Fani, Idan Nachmias, Daniel Peretz, Liel Abada, Dor Turgeman, Mahmoud Jaber, Oscar Gloukh
Subs: Eli Dasa, Roi Mishpati, Dia Saba, Dor Peretz, Yoav Gerafi, Dean David, Dan Biton, Dolev Haziza, Yarden Shua, Omri Gandelman, Ethane Azoulay, Anan Khalaili