Friday, qualification matches for the World Cup next summer were again on the program. France, vice-champion of the world, began its campaign with a difficult victory against Ukraine. Italy and Greece have won large victories.
France trembles against Ukraine
The Blues went to Poland on Friday evening for their outside match against the Ukrainians. The match started well, since after ten minutes, they already led thanks to an olise goal. But then they trembled.
Especially in the second half, the Ukrainians took over and almost raised several times. Dovbyk saw his whim pushed on the line and Zabarnyi hit the post. However, France has survived and, in the last minutes, Mbappé scored the liberating goal of 0-2.
It was his 51st goal as an international, which places him in second place in the ranking of the best scorers of all time, next to Thierry Henry.
Kyyyyliaaaaan for 2-0! Speed, dribbling, precision, everything is there 🔥
With this 𝟓𝟏𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐮, @Kmbappe joins Thierry Henry in 2nd place in the ranking of the best scorers in the history of the French team 🙌
🇺🇦0-2🇫🇷 #UKRFRA | #Ifersdrebleus pic.twitter.com/uEbotJkMgZ
– France team ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) September 5, 2025
Brilliant role for Karetsans and large victory of Italy
In other games, Greece and Italy have won large victories. On the Greek side, Kos Karetsans again played a leading role.
Genk’s star player opened the scoring in the third minute and also gave the assist for the second goal. Christos Tzolis (Club Bruges) also scored a goal in what was finally going to be a 5-1 victory.
⏱️ | Konstantínos Karétsas only needs 3️⃣ minutes to open the score! 🙌🇬🇷 #Greblr #WCQ pic.twitter.com/KEVZmitM4l
– Dazn Belgium (@dazn_benl) September 5, 2025
Gennaro Gattuso had a dream debut as a coach of Italy. For its first match, Italy crushed Estonia 5-0, even if this victory was difficult to obtain.
Estonians have indeed resisted for almost an hour. It was only then that Kean was able to open the scoring and definitively break the morale of the opponent.
The score finally climbed, in particular thanks to two exhaust goals. Raspadori and Bastoni also scored a goal each.
