Soccer-Mbappe and Olise earn France third place in Nations League


Soccer Football - Nations League - Third Place Play Off Match - Germany v France - MHPArena, Stuttgart, Germany - June 8, 2025 France's Kylian Mbappe scores their first goal REUTERS/Heiko Becker

STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) -Goals from captain Kylian Mbappe and Michael Olise earned France a 2-0 victory over Germany in a playoff on Sunday as they finished third in this season's Nations League.

Germany, hosts of the Nations League finals, were looking to bounce back from defeat in the last four against Portugal but fell behind on the stroke of halftime after Mbappe controlled and finished well to score his 50th international goal.

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