Iceland forced France to settle for a draw

The national teams of Iceland and France played against each other in the 2026 World Cup qualifying stage. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.

This European qualifying match took place on October 13. The match protocol is as follows: Iceland drew with France 2-2.

Iceland's first goal was scored by Viktor Palsson in the 39th minute. The French team equalized in the 63rd minute through Chris Nkunku.

Then, in the 68th minute, Jean-Philippe Mateta gave France the lead. However, in the 70th minute, Kristian Hlynsson restored the tie for Iceland.

In the match, Iceland's national team featured Elias-Rafn Olafsson, Viktor Palsson, Sverrir Ingason, Daniel Gretarsson, Logi Tomaso, and others. The French team included Mike Maignan, Jules Koundé, William Saliba, Dayot Upamecano, Lucas Digne, Kadidiatou Koné, and others.

After France won their first match against Azerbaijan 3-0, they faced their main rival in the group. However, the main striker Kylian Mbappe did not participate in the game due to injury.

At the beginning of the match, French attackers, especially Mike Olise, created good opportunities. In their first chance, Nkunku failed to direct the ball into the goal.

The Icelandic team scored a goal towards the end of the game to equalize. Thus, the match ended in a draw.

With this result, the Ukrainian national team rose to first place in the group and secured direct qualification for the World Cup. Now, there is only a three-point difference between France and Ukraine.

The rest of the match proceeded calmly and amicably.