France’s perfect record in its World Cup qualifying campaign ended as it was held to a 2-2 draw away to Iceland, which got a late equalizer, in an entertaining Group D clash on Monday.
Jean-Philippe Mateta scored his first goal for Les Bleus to put them 2-1 ahead on his second cap after Christopher Nkunku had equalized for the visitors following Victor Palsson’s opener but Kristian Hlynsson salvaged a point for Iceland.
France remains top with 10 points from four games, three ahead of Ukraine, which beat Azerbaijan 2-1 on Monday.
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