With an inspired mbappé, France defeated Iceland and is at the top of group D

France fought and beat Iceland 2-1 in it Princes Park by date 2 of group D of the UEFA 2025 qualifiers Road to World Cup 2026. Kylian Mbappé and Bradley Barcola they scored for the premises, Andri Gudjohnsen He did it for the visitor.

Those commanded by Didier Deschamps were the dominators of the meeting, but could not capture in the result of the difference on the court.

Les Blues were not very effective in the last third of the playing field, but they also collided with the huge performance of goalkeeper Elías Olafsson.

The 1st of Iceland was the total responsible for his team staying in a match in Paris.

So much so, that Gudjohnsen stamped 1-0 at 21 minutes For the visitor, taking advantage of errors at the bottom of the premises.

When it seemed that they would go to the entremopo, Mbappé marked the tie at 45 minutes After the referee sanctioned a penalty about Markus Thuram.

In the complement, France continued to wave the threads of the match and the 62 minutes, Barcola decreed 2-1 After an assistance from Mbappé.

About the 68 minutesand supported by the VAR, the referee Antonio Nobre showed him the Red direct to Aurelien Tchouaméni for a terrible infraction about Jon Dagur Thorsteinsson.

Despite having one less player, France retreated and had several counterattacks to liquidate the match, but failed in the last touch.

88 minutes were played and Gudjohnsen scored the tie in two in Paris, but the technology played a bad pass.

The judge went to observe the play in the VAR and a slight support about Ibrahima Konaté is observed, so he annulled the goal.

With this victory, Les Blues rises to the top of the group with six points, while their rivals were in the second placement with three units.

On the next date, France will face Azerbaijan and Iceland will do the same in front of Ukraine.