France vs Austria live updates: Kylian Mbappe nose injury sours 1-0 Euro 2024 win for Les Bleus

Nicolas Seiwald made eight tackles today, the most by an Austrian player at a major tournament since Bernd Krauss made 10 against Northern Ireland in the 1982 World Cup.

More from Rangnick speaking after the match: "After the final whistle, Dayot Upamecano said he was glad it was over. But you just have to look at all the players they have, including on the bench. We have to be modest.

"Today, our playing style worked for long periods. And this was a good performance from France. It will be decisive against Poland. Whoever wins will likely go through. But we knew before the tournament that the second game would likely be decisive."

Ralf Rangnick spoke to the media after Austria's narrow defeat: "We created chances. Of course, France also created chances. Patrick Pentz, our goalkeeper, did a great job. I have no reproaches towards my teams. They didn't always make the right decision, but let's not forget who the opponents were.

"We lost the match. Let's be fair, France had more chances and it was a deserved win. But until the last minute, we were in it. We put everything on the pitch. Now we have to look forward and try to win against Poland on Friday."

Subscribers to The Athletic are chiming in with their reaction to the game on our discussion page.

David H: Wow that was fun. Tremendous game, excellent performances from Kante, Maignan, Wimmer, Baumgartner, Saliba, Mbappe, and more. Austria will walk away with their heads held high and deservingly so; France will walk away knowing they beat a very very good Austrian team and showed their champion credentials today.

Ioannis S: Real manic, this game. Hectic, disrupted, own goal, blood, head banging, broken nose.

Lee K: Honestly don’t think France deserved all 3 (points) there. Even discounting very dodgy officiating.

Lee is far from the only subscriber writing that the refereeing appeared to favour France today...

Didier Deschamps spoke about Kylian Mbappe's nose injury on French broadcaster TF1 following the match.

"Apparently the nose is not good at all," he said. "So we’ll see. It’s obviously the negative point of the evening. Even if it’s just his nose it’s annoying for us."

Didier Deschamps recorded his 100th win in charge of France today, in his 154th game (D30 L24).

His total of victories is more than double the France manager with the next most, Michel Hidalgo and Raymond Domenech each with 41.

It was far from a vintage France performance but they managed to eke out a 1-0 victory in their opening match.

The Athletic’s Amy Lawrence, Sam Lee and Mark Carey have analysed the biggest talking points from the contest, including Kylian Mbappe's messy day and the questions facing Didier Deschamps.

Follow the link below to check out their breakdown!

Thanks to picking up a booking for coming back onto the pitch without permission following his nose injury, Kylian Mbappe is now at risk of being suspended for a match later in the tournament.

If he picks up a second yellow card between now and the end of the quarter-finals, he will be suspended for the next game. Yellow cards are wiped at the conclusion of the quarter-finals.

N'Golo Kanté has been named Player of the Match by UEFA.

UEFA's Technical Observer Panel said: "He won a lot of balls, blocked Austria off in the middle of the pitch and played some good passes forward. Kanté also made an eye-catching covering challenge as the last man."

That play came around the 80th minute as Austria were breaking forward. His tackle went a long way towards preserving France's clean sheet.

With France's 1-0 victory, here's how the Group D table looks after the first pair of matches.

1. Netherlands: 3 points, +1 goal difference, 2 goals scored
2. France: 3 pts, +1 gd, 1 gs
3. Poland: 0 pts, -1 gd, 1 gs
4. Austria: 0 pts, -1 gd, 0 gs

France are seriously fortunate to escape Dusseldorf with all three points today. They were entirely wasteful in front of goal and Austria did nearly enough to score a goal of their own.

The difference in this match boiled down to Maximilian Wober's own goal, a brutal way for Austria to lose.

The whistle blows for full time and France can breathe a huge sigh of relief!

The arena fills with the sound of whistling Austria fans.

90+7' France 1-0 Austria

Another France miss that looked certain to be a goal! Kolo Muani gets to the byline before cutting the ball back to Giroud. Frances all-time record goalscorer looks to sweep the ball home but gets his contact all wrong.

90+6' France 1-0 Austria

France are sitting deep now, soaking up Austria's attacks. A deflected cross comes to Maignan, allowing France to relieve the pressure and run some more clock.

Sabitzer wanted France penalised for handball on the cross, but the referee isn't having it.