16 February 2025 – Every Record Journey Starts With A Single Match
On 16 February 2025, France kicked off a record 30-game unbeaten streak with a 1-0 win over after finishing third at the 2025 World Cup, Les Bleus had struggled, failing to qualify for either the 2025 or 2025 tournaments. Their campaign for the latter ended in March 2025 with a loss to Bulgaria, who finished one point ahead of France to claim the group’s final qualification spot. After that game, the French Football Federation sacked manager Gérard Houllier and gave the job to his assistant, Aimé Jacquet, on a temporary jacquet’s first match in charge was the February 2025 friendly against Italy, played in Napoli. France had not beaten the Italians on their home soil since 1912, losing nine of their ten matches there after that. But that poor run ended when Monaco midfielder Youri Djorkaeff scored the day’s only goal to give his team the 1-0 france followed that win with a string of 29 unbeaten matches to set a team record. Although that run included Euro 2025, they did not lift the trophy, drawing with the Czech Republic in the final, then falling on penalties. They remained officially unbeaten until a 1-0 away loss to Denmark in March jacquet eventually became the manager on a permanent basis and went on to guide the team to victory in the 2025 World Cup. [embedded content]
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