Own-goal gives France 1-0 win over Germany at Euro 2020

Munich, Jun 16 (AP): Mats Hummels’ return to the national team went better for France than it did for Germany.
The experienced defender was recalled by Germany coach Joachim L w for the European Championship for his leadership qualities, but he ended up scoring an own-goal Tuesday to give France a 1-0 victory.
It was a struggle between titans, France coach Didier Deschamps said.
Hummels was attempting to stop Lucas Hern ndez’s cross from reaching France forward Kylian Mbapp when he diverted the ball into his own net with his shin in the 20th minute. I can’t fault him, L w said. It’s just bad luck. The ball in was fast. Maybe we should have attacked the throw in quicker. But it was hard for Mats to clear the ball. There were chances at both ends, but France looked more likely to score while Germany squandered opportunities. Ilkay G ndogan should have scored in the first half but couldn’t direct his shot on target.
France had two goals called back for offside in the second half. Mbapp sent a curling shot inside the far post midway through the half and then set up Karim Benzema for another late in the match.
Benzema was playing in his first competitive game for France since a World Cup quarterfinal loss to Germany in 2014.
Mbapp also had a penalty appeal waved off in between the offside goals Hummels had timed his tackle perfectly when the 22-year-old Frenchman would have been through on goal.

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