The tops
Mbappé, decisive entry. When the Bondynois entered the lawn of the Ernst-Happel Stadion, the Blues had been beating around the bush for an hour without managing to pierce the Austrian defense. Patrick Pentz, the Rot-Weiss-Rot goalkeeper, was no stranger to it with his parades in front of Benzema. But still, the world champions should not have been behind in the score at this time of the game. Kylian Mbappé has repaired this injustice. After trying to speed up the game, he concluded a nice opening from Christopher Nkunku (83rd). He could even have doubled the bet after a sublime action concluded by a deflected strike on his bar by Pentz. He is also almost a decisive passer for Mattéo Guendouzi (90th + 2).
Powerful wingers. The Austrian side had a difficult evening. Moreover, Nicolas Seiwald and Stefan Laimer have both been warned. Kingsley Coman was untenable, multiplying the differences on his left wing, the one he is already surveying at Bayern. The only downside, this strike which flies ten meters from goal when he had eliminated his defender with a hook (56th). Moussa Diaby was also generous, including in his folds, but he too often missed the last gesture.
Boubacar Kamara showed up. Author of a timid entry for his first cape in Split, the environment this time had the respondent. Quite intractable in the middle, he also brought in the offensive animation by scratching precious balloons and showing himself just in his relays. Promising.
The flops
A last place. Admittedly, the Habs have lost only one match since the start of the competition and have just scored two away draws, in Croatia and then in Austria. But at halftime of this group stage of the League of Nations, they are last, four points behind the Danish leader. The defense of their title will undoubtedly go through a clear round in the last three matches. But they no longer have their destiny between their feet.
A lack of efficiency. With their control of the ball, Didier Deschamps’ men were able to create opportunities. In particular by Karim Benzema defeated three times by Patrick Pentz in the first period (18th, 32nd, 36th). The balls in the area did not miss, but the precision was not there. This had already been the case, to a lesser extent, against Denmark and Croatia.
Théo Hernandez in the hard. This June gathering is very complicated for Théo Hernandez after an idyllic start (1 goal and 4 assists in five selections). After being implicated by his placement on the two Danish goals, he once again has a great responsibility for the Austrian opener. While Ibrahima Konaté signals to him that Stefan Laimer, who is starting from very far away, is going to split in the left lane, he is overtaken because he reacts too late. Behind, the side has time to adjust his center for Andreas Weimann (37th).