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Michael Olise scored a late goal in extra time to secure France’s 1-0 victory over Belgium in Brussels on Monday, marking Zinedine Zidane's second consecutive win as the new French coach. The game was part of UEFA Nations League Group A1; with this result, France leads the group with six points, three ahead of Belgium and Italy. Olise, who came off the bench in the 77th minute, dribbled past several Belgian defenders before scoring a curling shot into the bottom corner in the 88th minute.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-28,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Michael Olise scored a late goal in the 88th minute to secure a 1-0 victory for France against Belgium in Brussels on Monday, October 2. Zinedine Zidane, who took over as France's coach after the World Cup, led his team to this win following an earlier victory against Turkey. Olise, a standout player from the recent World Cup where France reached the semifinals, came off the bench in the final minutes of the goalless match and scored the winning goal from inside his own half.
France now leads Group A1 of the UEFA Nations League with six points, three ahead of Belgium and Italy. Italy beat Turkey 4-1 on Monday. The next game for France will be against Italy at the Stade de France on Friday, followed by a match against Belgium on October 5th. Kylian Mbappe was absent due to an injury sustained while scoring against Turkey.
Belgium's head coach Marc van Bommel discussed Romeo Lavia, who made his full senior debut for Belgium in the game against France but had to come off with cramp late in the match. Van Bommel indicated that Lavia, a midfielder who recently moved from Southampton to Chelsea and has not played 90 minutes of competitive football since joining Chelsea, will not start when Belgium hosts Turkey on Friday as they want to manage his playing time carefully.
Written for “France Belgium Nations League Match” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 1 other(s) covering the same event.
Michael Olise’s magnificent late strike gave France a 1-0 victory in Belgium in the UEFA Nations League as Zinedine Zidane made it two wins out of two since being named coach.
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it → give → two
Bayern Munich star Olise, who was one of the outstanding players at the World Cup where France reached the semifinals, came off the bench late on with the game in Brussels on Monday goalless, and set off from inside his own half to score the winner in the 88th minute.
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game → reach → minute
The win follows a 1-0 success away to Turkiye last Friday in Zidane’s first game at the helm after succeeding Didier Deschamps as France coach following the World Cup.
asserted
win → follow → Cup
France are therefore top of Nations League Group A1 with six points, three points ahead of Belgium and Italy, with the latter winning 4-1 in Turkiye on Monday.
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latter → win → Monday
Les Bleus play host to Italy next at the Stade de France on Friday in what will be Zidane’s homecoming.
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what → play → Friday
France will then entertain Belgium on October 5.
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France → entertain → October
Zidane was without captain Kylian Mbappe, with the Real Madrid striker having returned to his club for treatment after injuring his left knee while scoring the winner against Turkiye.
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striker → return → Turkiye
The French lineup at the King Baudouin Stadium showed nine changes, with goalkeeper Mike Maignan and Chelsea defender Maxence Lacroix the only players to keep their places.
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lineup → show → places
Belgium, in contrast, made only two changes to the team that started during Friday’s 2-0 win in Italy for what was new coach Mark van Bommel’s home bow.
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what → make → Italy
France had the better of the chances with Paris Saint-Germain’s Desire Doue cracking a shot off the bar in the first half and Da Cunha striking the post early in the second half.
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Cunha → have → half
But the contest was heading to an unremarkable goalless conclusion until Olise intervened, having been sent on in the 77th minute in place of Liverpool winger Bradley Barcola.
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Olise → head → Barcola
The London-born player collected possession inside his own half and advanced all the way to the edge of the Belgian box before curling a shot beyond the reach of Senne Lammens into the bottom-left corner of the net.
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player → bear → net
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