France’s Eli Junior Kroupi beats Turkey goalkeeper Berke Ozer to score his side’s second goal at Stade Atlantique in Bordeaux. (AFP pic)BORDEAUX: Eli Junior Kroupi scored his first France goal as Les Bleus beat Turkey 2-1 on Sunday to secure a spot in the quarter-finals of the Uefa Nations League.
France needed a draw in their last Group A1 outing to make sure of their progress to the quarter-finals next March, and they went ahead just after half-time in Bordeaux via an Emirhan Topcu own goal.
Bournemouth forward Kroupi, 20, replaced Bradley Barcola just past the hour and made it 2-0 from a Rayan Cherki assist, before Abdulkerim Bardakci pulled one back for Turkey at the death.
The result allowed Zinedine Zidane's French side to bounce back from a 3-1 loss away to Italy on Thursday as they finish on top of their group with 13 points, one point ahead of Belgium.
