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France's Adrien Rabiot heads the ball. EPA
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France's Kylian Mbappe in action against Sweden in the Uefa Nations League match at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on Saturday, September 5. EPA
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France's Antoine Griezmann in action against Sweden's Marcus Berg. EPA
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France's forward Anthony Martial wins a penalty after being fouled by Sweden's Victor Lindelof. Griezmann missed the last-minute penalty. AFP
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France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris looks on. AFP
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Sweden's head coach Janne Andersson. Reuters
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Sweden's Marcus Berg and France's Ferland Mendy. EPA
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France's forward Kylian Mbappe scores the opening goal. AFP
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Sweden goalkeeper Robin Olsen picks the ball out of the net after France's Kylian Mbappe scored. AFP
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France's forward Kylian Mbappe celebrates. AFP
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France's forward Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring. AFP
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France's Adrien Rabiot runs with the ball. EPA
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France's Adrien Rabiot heads the ball. EPA
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France's Kylian Mbappe in action against Sweden in the Uefa Nations League match at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on Saturday, September 5. EPA
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France's Antoine Griezmann in action against Sweden's Marcus Berg. EPA
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France's forward Anthony Martial wins a penalty after being fouled by Sweden's Victor Lindelof. Griezmann missed the last-minute penalty. AFP
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France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris looks on. AFP
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Sweden's head coach Janne Andersson. Reuters
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Sweden's Marcus Berg and France's Ferland Mendy. EPA
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France's forward Kylian Mbappe scores the opening goal. AFP
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Sweden goalkeeper Robin Olsen picks the ball out of the net after France's Kylian Mbappe scored. AFP
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France's forward Kylian Mbappe celebrates. AFP
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France's forward Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring. AFP
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France's Adrien Rabiot runs with the ball. EPA
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France's Adrien Rabiot heads the ball. EPA
Kylian Mbappe out of France squad for Nations League game against Croatia after testing positive for coronavirus
Striker, who trained with the French side on Monday before learning of the result, becomes seventh player from his club side PSG to contract virus
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