Saliba struggles- L’Equipe Le Figaro newspaper player ratings Belgium France 1-2 UNL

Here is a look at the player ratings for Belgium v France in the Nations League last night from Brussels. Arsenal’s William Saliba was in the French lineup against Les Diables Rouges, but had a shocker, as shown from these ratings. His Gunners team mate Leandro Trossard in the Belgian starting XI.

Liverpool’s Ibrahima Konate started alongside Saliba in defence while Chelsea’s Christopher Nkunku came off the bench for Les Bleus.

L’Equipe player ratings Belgium vs France 14 October 2024

L’Equipe gave Saliba a 3/10 player rating for his performance against Belgium- the worst player rating on either side.

They gave Trossard a 5/10 with the best French players in their eyes being striker Kolo Muani (who scored a brace) and keeper Mike Maignan. Kolo Muani got a 8/10 while Maignan was given a 7.

They thought the Belgian starting XI (5.2/10) did better than Les Bleus’ starters (4.9/10 team rating)

Belgium vs France 2024 Player Ratings L'Equipe

Le Figaro used the adjective “catastrophique” for Saliba’s performance in their headline, and gave him a 3/10 too. However while L’Equipe thought Konate only fared marginally better (4/10), Le Figaro gave the Liverpool defender a 6/10 for his efforts.

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October 2024- Belgium vs France National Football Team 1-2 Lineups, Stats & Timeline Nations League

Here is a look at the Belgium national football team vs France starting lineups and timeline from their UNL Group A game on 14 October, 2024 in Brussels (official crowd attendance of 39731 at the King Badouin Stadium). France won the game 2-1 despite finishing the game with ten men (Belgium had a missed first half penalty too)

Belgium vs France Nations League Oct 2024 team starting lineups and substitutes used

Belgium vs France starting lineups October 2024

Belgium XI and shirt numbers

1 Koen Casteels (Goalkeeper)

2 Zeno Debast
4 Wout Faes
3 Arthur Theate
21 Timothy Castagne (5 Maxim de Cuyper 67′)

18 Orel Mangala (6 Aster Vrancx 67′)

7 Jeremy Doku
17 Charles De Ketelaere (20 Arne Engels 82′)
8 Youri Tielemans (captain- 11 Dodi Lukebakio 82′)
10 Leandro Trossard

9 Lois Openda

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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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