PARIS:

A disjointed France recovered from a Michael Olise gaffe to beat Iceland 2-1 in World Cup qualifying on Tuesday, holding on for a second straight win after Aurelien Tchouameni was sent off and a late equaliser was disallowed.

Olise inexplicably gifted the opening goal to Iceland's Andri Gudjohnsen at the Parc des Princes, leaving France in danger of a first home defeat in a major tournament qualifier since 2013.

equalised with a penalty right on half-time and then ran through before setting up Paris Saint-Germain's Bradley Barcola for the winner just past the hour.

Tchouameni was then shown a red card before Gudjohnsen was controversially denied an equaliser following a VAR check, as the home side held on to follow up their 2-0 win over Ukraine in their opening qualifier last Fr

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