The lights had barely gone down on France’s late 1-0 win in Belgium when Zinédine Zidane gave his squad a brief chance to step away from the first demands of his reign.
After returning to Clairefontaine during the night, the France players have been granted Wednesday off following their second victory in two matches under the new head coach.
A short break before Italy
- France defeated Belgium 1-0 on Monday, with the decisive goal arriving in the closing minutes.
- The result made it two wins from two matches since Zidane took charge of Les Bleus.
- The squad travelled back to the national training centre at Clairefontaine overnight.
- Zidane allowed his players a free day on Wednesday, although every member of the group must return to the centre for dinner.
- Training resumes on Thursday as France prepare to face Italy on Friday at 20:45.
The meeting with Italy will be Zidane’s first home match as France manager, bringing the opening international gathering of his tenure towards its next test.
