Saliba only defender from Italy game to keep his place? Predicted newspaper lineup for France Belgium 2024

Here is a look at the predicted lineups for France v Belgium tonight in the Nations League (September 9, 2024). France are coming off a 3-1 loss to Italy in their previous game and well known French paper L’Equipe reckons there’ll be plenty of changes from Didier Deschamps, with Arsenal centre-back William Saliba expected to be the only defender from the previous game to keep his place.

France went with a Hernandez-Saliba-Konate-Clauss backline against Italy and L’Equipe think they’ll go with Digne-Saliba-Upamecano-Kounde for this clash against Belgium in Lyon.

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How did Havertz, Fullkrug, Szobo fare? Bild Newspaper Player Ratings Germany 5-0 Hungary 2024

Here is a look at the player ratings for Germany vs Hungary in the Nations League from well known sports paper Bild. Die Mannschaft beat Hungary 5-0, and West Ham’s Fullkrug and Arsenal’s Havertz were both among the scorers.

Fullkrug scored Germany’s opener on 27 minutes while Havertz netted the final one- a goal from the penalty spot in the 81st minute. Jamal Musiala, Florian Wirtz and Aleksandar Pavlovic also scored in the second half for the hosts.

Bild player ratings Germany vs Hungary 2024

Note– German rating system where 6 is very bad and 1 is very good.

Both Havertz and Fullkrug were given 2 by Bild in their player ratings. The best ratings on the German side were reserved for Wirtz and Musiala (both 1) as well as coach Julian Nagelsmann.

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How did Saliba, Konate, Olise & others fare- L’Equipe Le Figaro Newspaper Player Ratings France vs Italy 1-3

Here is a look at the French and Italian newspaper ratings for France v Italy in the Nations League on 6 September, 2024. France took the lead in this game in the 1st minute, but Italy ended up winning 3-1.

France 1 (Barcola) Italy 3 (DiMarco, Frattesi, Raspadori)

L’Equipe player ratings France 1-3 Italy UNL 2024

Arsenal defender William Saliba got a 3/10 for his performance here, as did his defensive partner- Liverpool’s Ibrahima Konate. The worst rating was reserved for Theo Hernandez (2/10) while the best was reserved for left winger Bradley Barcola.

Former Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante got a 3/10 while Michael Olise, on his Les Bleus senior debut, got a 4/10 player rating from L’Equipe.

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