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Zinedine Zidane breaks France curse! New boss wins first game in charge as Mbappe suffers injury scare in Turkey victory
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French football player and manager (born 1972)
Zinedine Yazid Zidane, popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the head coach of the France national team.
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Kylian Mbappé Lottin is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Real Madrid and captains the France national team. Widely regarded as one of the best players in the world and one of the greatest French players of all time, he is known for his pace, dribbling, and finishing. Mbappé has scored over 400 goals in his senior career, ranking as the all-time top goalscorer for Paris Saint-Germain (256), the France national team (66), and the FIFA World Cup (22).
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Zinedine Zidane looks set to rotate his France starting lineup for Monday's UEFA Nations League encounter against Belgium in Brussels. With captain Kylian Mbappe returning to Real Madrid after sustaining a knee injury on a poor pitch in Turkey, new call-ups Andy Diouf and Lucas Da Cunha could earn debuts.
France's new head coach, Zinedine Zidane, did not wait long to write himself into a rare list in the history of Les Bleus, following the 1-0 win achieved this Monday evening over Belgium, in the second round of Group One in the UEFA Nations League.