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87 min: France substitution The resulting free-kick almost breaks for Bastoni, whose shot on the turn deflects behind. Italy fancy this now.
Before the corner is taken, France bring on Maxence Lacroix for for Lucas Da Cunha.
85 min: Upamecano sent off
France are down to ten men. Upamecano is given a second yellow card for pulling back Kean, who won a wrestling match on the left wing and would have been away. France argue that Kean and Upamecano were fouling each other, but it hasn’t been overturned and Upamecano is doing one.
84 min A sizzling long-range hit from Camavinga is pushed away dramatically by the flying Donnarumma. A bit of a showy save, not as tough as some of his others tonight, but he still did well.
83 min Dembele shoots over from distance. His decision making has been unusually poor tonight.
82 min Vergara is booked for a foul on Truffert.
81 min: Kean hits the bar!
Vergara teases an inswinging cross from the right towards the far post. Kean gets up well and loops a header that hits the top of the crossbar with Maignan backpedalling desperately. I think Maignan got a slight touch as well, though I doubt Kean’s header would have dropped in.
80 min: Double substitution for Italy Daniel Maldini and Issa Doumbia come on for Davide Frattesi and Sebastiano Esposito.
79 min Da Cunha is penalised for what looks a decent tackle on Frattesi. For the first time tonight, France are getting frustrated.
76 min: Double substitution for France A snapshot from Cherki is kneed wide by an Italian defender, but the unsighted referee gives a goalkick.
That’s Cherki’s last contribution: France bring on Eduardo Camavinga and Bradley Barcola, with Desire Doue the other player to go off.
75 min In other news, Romelu Lukaku has made it Belgium 3-0 Turkey. I think that’s his 95th goal in international football.
73 min That penalty appeal leads to a bit of posturing and yellow cards for Upamecano and Kean. Replays suggest Upamecano motioned to headbutt Frattesi, which was a bit daft.
73 min France appeal unsuccessfully for a penalty when Doue goes down in the area after a challenge from Barella. Nothing in it.
71 min It was Trossard.
70 min: Great save by Donnarumma!
Rabiot almost restores France’s lead with a fierce left-foot drive across goal. Donnarumma plunges to his right and fingertips the ball round the post. That’s an outstanding save, similar to one he made against Arsenal (possibly from Leandro Trossard) in the Champions League semi-final two years ago.
Rabiot clipped a risky pass into Da Cunha, who was facing his own goal, 25 yards out, and couldn’t hear Bastoni charging up behind him. A heavy touch allowed Bastoni to nick the ball, gallop into the area and open his body to beat Maignan with a relaxed left-foot shot. A Horlicks from France, sure, but an outstanding piece of play from Bastoni.
GOAL! France 1-1 Italy (Bastoni 68)
Alessandro Bastoni has stunned the Stade de France!
67 min Kevin De Bruyne’s second goal has put Belgium 2-0 up against Turkey in the other game. Belgium play in France on Monday, with Italy hosting Turkey.
64 min The lively Sebastiano Esposito controls a cross beyond the far post, turns Kalulu and drives a low cross-shot that is slightly behind Kean in the middle. The ball flies wide, either off Kean or a defender; I think there might have been an offside anyway.
63 min: Italy substitutions Nicolo Barella and Antonio Vergara on, Sandro Tonali and Pio Esposito off.
62 min “Zinedine Zidane’s best Real Madrid side always sought to make the game more chaotic, disrupting their opponents patterns,” writes Kári Tulinius. “Destroying order so that they could create. I can’t think of many other top managers who’ve sought less control over a match. You can see some hints of that in this France, but while they have oodles of creativity, they lack destruction.”
61 min Cherki doesn’t connect properly with a slashing left-foot shot after a delightful turn on the edge of the area. He’s also been excellent tonight.
60 min Scalvini does very well to stop Olise running onto Truffert’s cutback. Right now Italy are holding on to their 1-0 deficit.
58 min I think Olise has scored nine and made 11 in his last 23 appearances for France. He’s a fantasy footballer and a Fantasy Footballer rolled into one.
GOAL! France 1-0 Italy (Olise 55)
The free-kick is dragged forward a couple of yards to Olise, who whips a majestic shot over the wall and into the net. It hit the underside of the bar, bounced onto the goalline and then up into the roof of the net. Donnarumma had no chance. Another memorable goal from one of the world’s most stylish and joyful footballers.
55 min Fagioli is booked for a cynical foul on Cherki just outside the area. It’s been all France at the start of the second half.
53 min On the subject of Zizou the manager, Ruth Purdue has sent in a link to his half-time team-talk during the 2017 Champions League final against Juventus.
50 min A trademark curler from Olise is clawed away to his right by the diving Donnarumma. That’s another very good save.
48 min: Brilliant double save from Donnarumma
Doue shuffles across the edge of the area and whips a shot through the crowd that is pushed away by the diving Donnarumma. The ball runs loose in front of goal, with Dembele looking certain to score, but Donnarumma jumps to his feet and then dives full length to his left to make an outstanding follow-up save.
47 min “Why is it Rob,” begins Peadar de Burca, “that I imagine Zizou’s teamtalk to be him sitting in the centre of the dressing room, barefooted, strumming a guitar to the tune of Van Morrison’s ‘Madame George’, before gazing at a spot on the wall and whispering, ‘Allez…’?”
You want me to answer that?
46 min Peep peep! Italy begin the second half; no changes on either side, yet.
Half-time reading
Half time: France 0-0 Italy
A fun first half in Saint-Denis. France played some bewildering football at times, but most of their goal attempts were from distance and Italy had the two clearest chances.
44 min Frattesi shoots well wide from distance after a decent Italy move. Roberto Mancini is getting a tune out of them.
41 min: Disallowed goal for Italy! The resulting corner leads to a disallowed goal from Kean, who was well offside when he swept a good finish on the turn past Maignan.
41 min: Just wide from Frattesi!
Michael Kayode’s long throw causes havoc in the France defence. The ball breaks to Frattesi, whose snapshot from 10 yards takes a subtle deflection and flies just wide. Not sure who the France defence was, or how much they knew about it, but that touch probably saved a goal.
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