France And Belgium Survive Late Scares To Reach Euro 2024 | Football News
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France and Belgium all blinked with a Euro 2024 place in their grasps but clung on for one-goal victories on Friday night which made them the first sides to qualify for next year's tournament. Belgium led by three goals in Vienna and won 3-2 with 10 men to ensure a top-two finish in Group F and a ticket to the finals in Germany. France led by two Kylian Mbappe goals in Amsterdam and beat the depleted Dutch 2-1. In Amsterdam, Mbappe leapt to hook home a volley after seven minutes and then added a second eight minutes into the second half with a sumptuous curler.It was his 42nd international goal, overtaking French legend Michel Platini and putting him fourth in the all-time list.Quilindschy Hartman replied on his Dutch debut but Mbappe almost clinched his hat-trick, when his late d...