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Michael Olise drilled a late goal to give France a 1-0 Nations League victory over Belgium on Monday, Sept. 28 at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.
\n\nIn the 88th minute, Les Bleus played excellent defense to stop Belgium from scoring. Olise, 24, then took a pass on the Red Devils' side of the pitch, bounced the ball off his chest, and raced downfield. He dribbled past one defender, who fell trying to chase him, and then ran up to a pair of Belgium players in front of the goal. He smacked the ball into the corner of the net just past the leaping goalkeeper Senne Lammens for the golazo.
\n\nThe goal was so exhilarating that France's ever-stoic manager, Zinedine Zidane, ran down the sideline and kicked a ball that was on a stand, sending it flying.
\n\n"I don't even know what I did," he told the media in French after the match while grinning ear to ear.
\n\nThis is Zidane's first year at the helm of France's national team. He replaced Didier Deschamps this summer when France's longest-tenured manager retired after finishing fourth in the World Cup. Zizou is 2-0 with both matches so far being Nations League fixtures.
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