Dusseldorf –
Maximilian Woeber’s own goal was enough to give France a winning start to the 2024 European Championship on Monday. They defeated Austria 1-0 in the opening match, but Kylian Mbappé made a late start with a broken nose.
Woeber guided Mbappe’s cutback into his own net seven minutes before half-time in Dusseldorf to give the French, one of the main contenders to win the tournament, a tough test.
Austria have improved a lot under Ralf Rangnick and they often made life uncomfortable for the 2022 World Cup runners-up, who saw Mbappe leave the field towards the end of the field after being injured in a collision.
