Former French and Italian champions played in 10 qualified matches at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Les Bleus met Ukraine in Wroclaw, while Azzurri legendary Gennaro Gattuso took over his national team for the first time and played home games against Bergamo’s Estonia.
Elsewhere, striker Alexander Isak joined Liverpool on Monday with a British record of £125 million from Newcastle, in his Sweden side, who headed to Slovenia.
This is what happens today’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, including scorers and some fixtures that are looking for on Next, they all start at 19:45 BST / 14:45 ET / 11:45 PT.
Ukraine vs France: Mbappe Seals wins
The 1998 and 2018 champions France started their campaign with a 2-0 victory, provided by Michael Olise’s clinical 10-minute strike, then Kylian Mbappe followed eight minutes later.
Ukraine pushed for an equilibrium between goals, and Ukraine was denied a second-half equilibrium when Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate cleared Artem Dovbyk’s header.
Paris Saint-Germain forwards Doue Doue and Ousmane Dembele were forced by the winner’s injury, and they hosted the Icelandic hosts for Reds forward Hugo Ekitike and Iceland on Tuesday.
Italy vs Estonia: Gattuso Glee wins
Prior to the halftime, the dominant Italy hit the crossbar with a header from Mateo Retegui, but was compensated in style, beating through Moise Kean, Retegui, Giacomo Raspadori and Alessandro Bastoni in five goals in the second half.
Qadsiah Forward Retegui also finished his first and second in his country with precise results and fell behind second in Israel after Norway’s second place Israel was 6 points behind Group I.
Italy won Israel’s second straight victory 4-0 on Monday at Moldova in Debrecen.
Slovenia vs. Sweden: Isak
Isak has not played this season as his move to the Reds revolves around a long legend while Sweden suffered a late setback in Slovenia, so the forward stayed on the bench.
Hipies winger Anthony Elanga hit the 18th minute opening from a pass from Brighton and Brighton Albion midfielder Yasin Ayari, who recovered the visitors’ lead in the 73rd minute after Sandi Lovric’s shot was shocked by goalkeeper Robin Olsen of Slovenia Olsen’s 46th-th-Minute equalizer goalkeeper Robin Olsen.
Substitute Zan Vipotnik fired from Manchester United striker Benjamin Sesko’s header for the first time, defeating 2-2 in the 90th minute. Blagult manager Jon Dahl Tomasson has hinted that he can use Isak to Kosovo on Monday.
Results of the 2026 World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Group B: Switzerland 4-0 KOSOVO (Manuel Akanji 22, Breel Embolo 25, 45, Sylvan Widmer 39)
Group C: Denmark 0-0 Scotland
Greece 5-1 Belarus (Konstantinos Karetsas 3, Vangelis Pavlidis 17, Tasos Bakasetas 21, Dimitrios Kourbelis 36, Christos Tzolis 63; Barkovskiy 72, Germany)
Group D: Iceland 5-0 Azerbaijan (Victor Palsson 45, Isak Bergmann Johannesson 47, 56, Albert Gudmundsson 66, Kristian Hlynsson 73)
Group 1: Moldova 0-4 Israel (Dor Peretz 15, Manor Solomon 35, Tai Baribo 59, Oscar Gloukh 77)
Group L: Faroe Islands 0-1 Croatia (Andrej Kramaric 31)
Montenegro 0-2 Czech Republic (Lukas cerv 3, vaclav cerny 90+6)
