A well-known saying goes that 'getting up early doesn't mean you wake up earlier' and this Friday it applied to the match that France won with a goal after 13 seconds against an Italy that seemed to wake up with that slap to take a 3-1 win in Paris on the opening day of the Nations League.
Thirteen seconds. That was the time that elapsed from the moment Swiss Sandro Schaerer kicked off the game at the Parc des Princes until Bradley Barcola made it 1-0 in favour of Didier Deschamps' side after intercepting a very poor back pass from Andrea Cambiasso to Giovanni Di Lorenzo. It was all bliss for Kylian Mbappé's Les Bleus.
Italy added its first three points and leads Group A2 together with Belgium, which also beat Israel 3-1 in the opener with a double from Kevin De Bruyne.
