Goals from Kylian Mbappé and Michael Olise helped France to a 2–0 win over Germany in the UEFA Nations League third-place playoff.

France had been bested 5–4 by Spain in a thrilling semi-final tie while Germany had been defeated by Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal , leading to a clash between two nations who have won six World Cups between them.

Chelsea-linked Mike Maignan made a couple of first-half saves for France, either side of Liverpool target Florian Wirtz striking the foot of the post, and Germany had a penalty awarded just after the half-hour mark when Borussia Dortmund forward Karim Adeyemi went down under a challenge from the retreating Lucas Hernández.

VAR intervened though to overturn the decision of referee Ivan Kružliak-replays suggested Adeyemi had gone down with little t

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