France stumbles into quarters as attacking stars fail to fire
8 months, 3 weeks ago

France stumbles into quarters as attacking stars fail to fire

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Randal Kolo Muani celebrates France's goal with teammates during its Euro 2024 round-of-16 match against Belgium in Dusseldorf, Germany, on Monday. An 85th-minute deflected shot by Kolo Muani, listed as a Jan Vertonghen own goal, gave France a nervy 1-0 win, setting up a quarterfinal against Portugal. REUTERS DUSSELDORF, Germany — A deflected 85th-minute shot by Randal Kolo Muani, listed as a Jan Vertonghen own goal, gave France a nervy 1-0 win over a disappointing Belgium on Monday, sending it into the quarterfinals, despite another poor show by its misfiring forwards. "We're enjoying this, we pushed hard, we had a lot of attempts, but we were missing the target," said Kolo Muani, who was inches away from national hero status in the 2022 World Cup final, until Argentina's keeper Emiliano Martinez got a toe to what would have been his winning goal.

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