Overview
- Didier Deschamps made seven changes for the trip to Reykjavik, starting Jean-Philippe Mateta and Florian Thauvin in a 4-2-3-1 with Maignan as captain.
- Kylian Mbappé was ruled out with right ankle pain and was returned to Real Madrid’s care after the Azerbaijan match.
- The Iceland–France qualifier kicked off at 20:45 and is televised in France on TF1 from Laugardalsvöllur in Reykjavik.
- France qualify tonight only with a victory coupled with Ukraine not beating Azerbaijan; otherwise two November fixtures remain to finish the job.
- France U20s beat Norway 2-1 to reach the World Cup semi-finals and will face Morocco on October 15 at 22:00, live on L’Équipe Live and FIFA+.