France survived an early scare to beat Azerbaijan (1-3) and ensure that they concluded their FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign unbeaten.Thursday night’s win over Ukraine (4-0) ensured that this

France rounded out their 2026 World Cup qualifiers with another victory on Sunday, as the UEFA group D toppers beat Azerbaijan 3-1 at the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium.

France came from behind to complete their World Cup qualifying campaign with a 3-1 win over Azerbaijan in Baku, overturning an early scare to finish the group in style.

The long trip to Azerbaijan perhaps didn’t appeal to Mbappé for what is essentially a dead rubber, but an official reason has been supplied as to why Didier Deschamps’ captain won’t be playing. France’s No. 10 was r eleased from international duty on Friday due to an ankle issue likely sustained in Thursday’s triumph over Ukraine.

A sensational start for Azerbaijan in the match against France: the Azerbaijani team surprisingly takes the lead 1-0 in the 4th minute, thanks to a goal by Dadashov. Watch the entire Serie BKT live on OneFootball for only €9.

BAKU (Reuters) -Azerbaijani prosecutors said they would seek sentences of up to life in prison for 15 ex-leaders and officials in Nagorno-Karabakh, two years after Baku retook the region that had been controlled by ethnic Armenians.

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A France team already qualified for the World Cup and without Mbappé, takes the field with a lineup full of rotations, but just as powerful. With the job already done, in France it's a day to see perhaps the less regular players, and Deschamps fields a different but very strong eleven.