Aurélien Tchouaméni is the first player from the French team to be sent off since Jules Koundé in September 2021 (v Bosnia), and the first as captain at kick-off since Zinedine Zidane in the 2006 World Cup final.

Belgium – France: Tchouaméni equals a sad performance by Zidane

Aurélien Tchouaméni had certainly dreamed of better for his second match as captain of the French team. After a victory to launch his captaincy against Israel last week (4-1), the Real Madrid midfielder was brought back by Didier Deschamps to face Belgium. But while we were playing the 80th minute of the game, he was sent off after a foul as the last defender on Your Tielemans, receiving a second yellow card. This is the first time since Zinedine Zidane was sent off in the 2006 World Cup final that a captain of the Blues has received a red card in an official match. A statistic that Tchouaméni would have voluntarily done without!