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UEFA Nations League: Kylian Mbappe powers France to third place ahead of Germany

Yaw Adjei-Mintah by Yaw Adjei-Mintah
June 8, 2025
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France's forward #10 Kylian Mbappe (R) and France's forward #11 Michael Olise (L) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)

France's forward #10 Kylian Mbappe (R) and France's forward #11 Michael Olise (L) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)

Kylian Mbappe scored his 50th international goal as France beat Nations League hosts Germany in their third-place play-off.

The captain finished well for the 45th-minute opener following a pass from Real Madrid team-mate Aurelien Tchouameni.

And Mbappe set up the second goal six minutes from time when he pounced on a mistake from Robin Koch and unselfishly squared the ball for Michael Olise to slot into the empty net.

Germany had their chances, though, with both a penalty award and goal overturned by the video assistant referee (VAR).

First Karim Adeyemi was awarded a spot-kick after being brought down by France keeper Mike Maignan, but the Germany forward was instead booked for diving after a VAR check.

France’s forward #10 Kylian Mbappe runs with the ball during the UEFA Nations League third place game (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)
France’s goalkeeper #16 Mike Maignan (bottom) and Germany’s forward #14 Karim Adeyemi vie for the ball during the UEFA Nations League third place game (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)

And then Deniz Undav’s effort was disallowed after Niclas Fullkrug was deemed to have fouled Adrien Rabiot in the build-up.

Stuttgart, Germany – June 8: Randal Kolo Muani of France and Jonathan Tah of Germany battle for the ball during the UEFA Nations League 2025 Third Place Match (Photo by Oliver Kaelke/DeFodi Images/DeFodi via Getty Images)

Adeyemi also had three shots saved by Chelsea target Maignan, while Florian Wirtz struck a post.

France’s forward #24 Desire Doue (L) and Germany’s midfielder #17 Florian Wirtz vie for the ball during the UEFA Nations League third place play-off football match between Germany and France (Photo Courtesy Getty Images)

But France could have added to their goal haul in Stuttgart too. Marcus Thuram’s curling strike hit the post, while Mbappe missed the target several times and forced a great save from Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

Germany’s midfielder #26 Tom Bischof (L) and France’s midfielder #14 Adrien Rabiot vie for the ball during the UEFA Nations League third place play-off football match (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)

Julian Nagelsmann’s Germany have now failed to win in three games, including Wednesday’s semi-final defeat by Portugal.

Source: BBC
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