France and Turkey produced an entertaining and open first half, with both sides creating promising opportunities but neither able to find the breakthrough.Turkey had the first real chance of the game in the 4th minute. Yilmaz found himself in a good position and saw his effort saved by Maignan, while Uzun followed up on the rebound. However, a France defender was on hand to clear the ball off the line. The danger ultimately came to nothing, though, as Yilmaz had been in an offside position.France gradually began to find their rhythm, and their first meaningful opportunity arrived in the 17th minute. Olise picked out Kylian Mbappe on the edge of the box, but the French captain's shot drifted just wide of the post.##NAJAVA_MECA_9984752##Turkey responded with another dangerous attack in the 28th minute. Arda Guler produced a fine delivery from the right for Kadioglu, who made a good run into the area before meeting the ball with a header. His attempt was directed straight at Maignan, however, allowing the France goalkeeper to make a comfortable save.The hosts came very close to taking the lead shortly before the interval. In the 43rd minute, Olise created space for himself on the corner of the penalty area and unleashed a superb effort that looked destined for the net, only for Cakir to produce an outstanding save.OLISE WOW 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳🥷🏽🥷🏽 pic.twitter.com/j6Lpqcc2iB— Olise World (@OliseWorld) September 25, 2026 Just a minute later, France had another excellent opening. Cherki picked out Rabiot from the left, with the midfielder finding himself unmarked inside the penalty area. His finish, however, flew over the crossbar as the two teams went into the break without a goal.France came out strongly after the break, but Turkey were the first side to come close to breaking the deadlock. In the 50th minute, a corner found Yuksek completely unmarked just over five metres from goal. The Turkish midfielder met it with a powerful header, but Maignan reacted brilliantly to keep the ball out and push it behind for another corner.Four minutes later, France finally found the breakthrough. Turkey lost possession in their own half, allowing Olise to pick up the ball and immediately find Kylian Mbappe. The Real Madrid forward did what he does best, driving towards goal before calmly finishing to put France 1-0 ahead. It was Mbappe's 67th goal for the national team.Mbappé coming off the left is different, what a finish 🔥 pic.twitter.com/a30QvT68hI— Rey (@ElReyRmadrid) September 25, 2026 However, the celebrations were quickly overshadowed by concern over Mbappé's condition. The French captain went down shortly after scoring and attempted to continue, but he soon fell to the ground again and appeared to be holding his knee. He was eventually replaced by Désiré Doué.Turkey looked for a response, and Aydın had a decent opportunity in the 64th minute after finding himself in a promising position, but his effort sailed over Maignan's crossbar.France nearly doubled their advantage five minutes later. Olise created danger on the right side of the Turkish penalty area before combining with Cherki, who cleverly slipped the ball through to Jules Koundé. The Barcelona defender cut inside his marker and fired a low left-footed shot across goal, but the effort struck the outside of the far post.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Turkey then came close to an equaliser in the 75th minute. Arda Guler intercepted a misplaced clearance from Upamecano and immediately unleashed a powerful left-footed effort. Maignan reacted quickly, getting his fist to the ball near his right-hand post and preventing a dangerous shot from finding the net.The closing stages brought another dramatic moment. In the 87th minute, Turkish goalkeeper Cakır was sent off after referee Felix Zwayer reviewed the incident and determined that he had handled the ball outside his penalty area. The decision left Turkey with ten men as France held on to their advantage.ITALY – BELGIUMBelgium made the brighter start and put Italy under serious pressure during an intense opening half, with their aggressive pressing causing problems for the hosts.The first real chance came in the 7th minute when Belgium immediately launched a counter-attack. A through ball found De Ketelaere, who cut inside before firing an angled effort towards the far bottom corner. Donnarumma reacted brilliantly to palm the shot away with one hand at the near post. Belgium continued to press high and aggressively, forcing Italy into several mistakes in possession.Together in attack 🎯#ITABEL #Azzurri #VivoAzzurro pic.twitter.com/9Hj8oM7218— Italy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@Azzurri_En) September 25, 2026 Italy eventually created an opening in the 18th minute following a promising counter. Calafiori laid the ball off for Kean, whose effort from outside the box lacked the necessary power to trouble Matz Lammens, who made the save and then prevented Italy from winning a corner.Belgium took the lead just two minutes later. A misplaced pass from Pisilli allowed the visitors to break forward, with De Bruyne playing a superb through ball into the path of Mika Godts. The new Paris Saint-Germain signing cut inside Gianluca Mancini, sent another defender the wrong way and calmly finished at the near post to make it 1-0.Mika Godts in action (©Gallo Images)Belgium continued to threaten and nearly doubled their advantage in the 23rd minute. Another poor Italian pass, this time from Coppola, gifted De Ketelaere an opportunity inside the box. Donnarumma was equal to his first effort and then produced another save from the rebound at close range.The visitors came even closer four minutes later. Belgium found acres of space inside the Italian penalty area and, after the ball was floated across from the right and returned into the danger zone, Godts was left completely unmarked at the back post. His header looked destined for the net, but Donnarumma produced a spectacular reflex save to keep Italy in the game.Italy finally came close again in the 36th minute. Cambiaghi burst down the left and delivered an excellent cross towards Kean at the back post. The striker connected with a volley from just six yards out, but his effort struck the side-netting.##EDITORS_CHOICE##(taly continued to push for an equaliser after the break and came close in the 53rd minute. Cambiaghi sent a low cross from the left into the path of Esposito, who struck from close range, but Lammens produced a superb reaction save at his near post to keep Belgium in front.However, Belgium then delivered another major blow in the 69th minute. Just as Italy were throwing men forward in search of a way back into the game, Lukebakio launched a counter-attack from inside his own half. The Belgian winger cut inside from the right before unleashing a superb left-footed effort from outside the box, bending the ball perfectly into the far bottom corner. The shot bounced just in front of Donnarumma, making the save even more difficult, as Belgium doubled their advantage.GOAL! Lukébakio curls into the corner. Italy 0-2 Belgium pic.twitter.com/hA3qV4pxqL— Only Football (@dakinglamar007) September 25, 2026 Italy refused to give up and continued creating chances late on. In the 83rd minute, Kean was blocked off as he tried to reach the ball inside the box, with Italy winning a corner. Maldini delivered the set-piece, Frattesi flicked it on with his head and the ball flashed across the face of goal. The attack continued, but Calafiori then fired narrowly wide from around 14 yards.The hosts were inches away from pulling one back four minutes later. Tonali saw his effort from outside the box deflected behind for a corner, and from the resulting set-piece Scalvini somehow struck the underside of the crossbar from only a couple of yards out at the back post, with Calafiori getting in his way.Despite Italy's late pressure and several excellent opportunities, Belgium remained in control with a 2-0 lead.UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE A ThursdayNetherlands – Germany 1-1 (0-1)/Gakpo 90+2 – Nmecha 32/Norway – Denmark 3-2 (2-1)/Bobb 14, Haaland 18, 74 – Damsgaard 25, Hojlund 60/Portugal – Wales 1-0 (1-0)/Felix 22/Serbia – Greece 1-2 (1-0)/Zivkovic 4 – Tzolis 74, Douvikas 90+4/FridayItaly – Belgium 0-1 (0-1)/Godts 20/Turkey – France 0-1 (0-0)/Mbappe 54/UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE B ThursdayAustria – Israel 3-1 (1-0)/Schmid 43 pen, Mwene 90, Kalajdzic 90+3 – Farchi 55/Kosovo* – R. Ireland 1-0 (1-0)/Muriqi 83/FridayGeorgia – N. Ireland 0-1 (0-0)/Charles 90+9/Hungary – Ukraine 0-1 (0-1)/Sikan 42/Poland – B&HSweden – Romania 2-1 (2-1)/Isak 20, Gyokeres 43 – Man 29/UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE C FridayArmenia – Latvia 2-0 (1-0)/Harutyunyan 31, Gharibyan 75/Montenegro – Cyprus 0-1 (0-0)/Edwards 55/UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE D ThursdayAndorra – Malta 1-2 (1-1)/Lopez 17 – Cardona 36, Teuma 81/Liechtenstein – Lithuania 0-2 (0-0)/Michelbrink 53, Dolznikov 66/