Nations League: Belgium allow France to come back This was another night of top quality football in a competition that was in danger of being forgotten amid the post-Covid calendar crush| Turin | Published 09.10.21, 12:49 AMFrance recovered from two goals down to beat Belgium 3-2 in a thrilling Nations League semi-final on Thursday with a last-minute strike from Theo Hernandez securing a place in Sunday’s showpiece match against Spain. In a crazy end to the game, Belgium thought they had won the pulsating contest minutes earlier but Romelu Lukaku’s late effort was ruled out for offside by VAR. The idea of the Nations League was to turn friendlies with nothing at stake into games that mattered — delivering football worth watching for the fans in the stadium and at home — and the goals have certainly been met this week. Paul Pogba hit the top of the post with a curling free-kick before Les Bleus grabbed victory with a 90th-minute strike. “They had a good period for 20 minutes but after that we were not in danger and had a lot of chances.

Source: The Telegraph October 08, 2021 19:18 UTC