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France superior to the quarter-finals of the Nations League regardless of being held to a irritating goalless draw by Israel on the Stade de France.
Israel picked up their first level in Group A2 by producing a cussed defensive efficiency in opposition to a France staff lacking Kylian Mbappe following his omission by Didier Deschamps.
Daniel Peretz saved out Randal Kolo Muani and N’Golo Kante within the early phases as France dominated possession, earlier than the guests missed a wonderful probability within the thirty seventh minute.
Dor Turgeman flicked on a free-kick in the direction of the far put up, the place Raz Shlomo simply did not get a decisive contact in entrance of a gaping objective.
Ibrahima Konate headed over the crossbar early within the second half, however clear-cut possibilities have been few and much between for Deschamps’ disjointed France aspect.
Their greatest alternatives to take three factors got here in stoppage time, however Marcus Thuram headed straight at Peretz earlier than the Israel goalkeeper made a sprawling save to disclaim Christopher Nkunku proper earlier than the full-time whistle.
Regardless of their failure to discover a winner, France secured protected passage to the final eight alongside Italy, with Israel remaining backside of the group, three factors behind Belgium.
Knowledge Debrief: No Mbappe, no pleasure for France
Having left Mbappe out of their squad for the second successive worldwide break, France struggled in entrance of objective regardless of dominating for lengthy durations in Paris.
They fired off 24 photographs value 2.31 anticipated objectives (xG) to Israel’s three efforts value 0.05 xG, hitting the goal on eight events however failing to beat Peretz.
