
France will be seeking consolation when they meet Germany in the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League third-place play-off on Sunday afternoon.
Les Bleus were dumped from the competition by Spain on Thursday evening as their defence disintegrated in a gruelling 5–4 defeat. Despite an admirable late comeback in which they scored three times in 14 minutes to unnerve the European champions, it was ultimately too little and too late.