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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23598366" data-attributes="member: 158020">Germany 0 France 0: Heavyweights  underwhelm in Munich stalemate  <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/09/06/21/4FCCE3B400000578-6140431-image-a-40_1536266339165.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     The previous two World Cup winners failed to live up to their billing as  Germany and France played out a 0-0 draw in their Nations League opener.France  boss Didier Deschamps stuck with 10 of the players who started their final  triumph against Croatia at Russia 2018, with an injury to captain and goalkeeper  Hugo Lloris enforcing his only change.    Deputy Alphonse Areola impressed on his debut with a string of late saves.It  showed Germany belatedly shifting into gear after a forgettable opening hour,  but it will take more than this for Joachim Low's men to shift the gloom that  lingered after their group-stage exit and Mesut Ozil's international  retirement.   France right-back Benjamin Pavard was left with stud marks down his neck  after Antonio Rudiger clumsily but unintentionally trod on him, while Joshua  Kimmich took an arm to the face from Blaise Matuidi during a robust  opening.   N'Golo Kante's searching ball from the left saw Olivier Giroud draw a  plunging save from Manuel Neuer and France's Chelsea striker just failed to turn  in a cutback from the lively Kylian Mbappe in first-half stoppage time. Antoine  Griezmann engineered space in the Germany area but Neuer grasped his eventual  shot at the second attempt.   The Bayern Munich goalkeeper was more impressive when Griezmann tried his  luck from distance in the 64th-minute before opposite number Areola did  brilliantly to tip Marco Reus' curling shot behind.Areola kept out a stinging  Mats Hummels strike after Thomas Muller inexplicably opted to chest rather than  head his Bayern colleague's cross.   An overhit Muller centre almost caught out Areola and the PSG goalkeeper's  best moment came from the resulting corner, denying Matthias Ginter with a  superb reaction save.   Kante's heavy touch late on in his own box almost cost the world champions,  but he recovered to block from substitute Ilkay Gundogan and preserve the  stalemate.</blockquote>

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