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The sequence is quite surprising. Kylian Mbappé received a warning at the end of the first period (37th), Sunday, during the quarter -final return of the League of Nations of the French team against Croatia. Beaten 2-0 in Split Thursday, the training of Didier Deschamps dominated but failed to unlock the situation against Croats well in place. The Captain of the Blues could largely have been excluded for a bad gesture on the opposing goalkeeper, Dominik Livakovic.
On an overly long ball of Aurélien Tchouameni towards Mbappé, Livakovic tried to capture the ball. Mbappé then went into contact with the porter of Fenerbahçe, even inflicting a little voluntary knee on the guardian's shoulder. The latter held the ball with a hand on his goal line and, in this situation, an opponent is not allowed to take the ball (under penalty of being sanctioned with a free kick).
Mbappé pushed twice
Mbappé, repelled by Duje Caleta-Car, then got angry with the Croatian players and the meeting referee, Michael Oliver. He returned to the charge and this time it was Josko Gvardiol, creating a moment of tension around Livakovic. The English referee then brandished a yellow card at number 10 of the 2018 world champions, without his video assistant offered to exclude the fault.
In the process, the French team has obtained its best opportunity. Bradley Barcola was launched in depth but he failed to deceive Dominik Livakovic, author of a very beautiful parade (38th).
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