France and Italy continue their Nations League campaigns on Friday in their penultimate matches of this international window.
Looking to maintain their winning start to life under new manager Zinedine Zidane, France welcome their European neighbours to the Stade de France in Paris. You can follow all the action as it happens with ESPN.
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This game is full of interesting storylines. For one, new French boss Zidane is now coaching against the country that ended his international playing career in infamous circumstances, when the then-France captain saw red for a headbutt in the 2006 World Cup final.
New Italy boss Roberto Mancini has had off-field storylines of his own to deal with this week after news came through that Manchester City were found guilty of almost all charges levied at them by the Premier League.
Mancini, of course, was the Man City boss during some of the period in which the Premier League accused the club of breaking its financial rules.
When asked about it recently, the now Italy manager said it was not an issue that concerned him.
In terms of on-pitch action, France are top of Nations League Group A having seen off Türkiye and Belgium so far in this lengthy international window.
Kylian Mbappé was the difference in a 1-0 victory over Türkiye while Michael Olise notched the winner when France beat Belgium by the same scoreline.
Italy, for their part, are in third place, level on points with Belgium. Mancini and co started this window of with a 2-0 defeat to the Belgians but responded with a hefty 4-1 win over Turkey.
Alessandro Bastoni, Davide Frattesi, Michael Kayode and Pio Esposito all found the net in that one.