France lose to minnows Belarus

Belarus made it a dismal night for France as new coach Laurent Blanc saw his team slump to a 1-0 defeat in Paris. It was a grim night for France at the outset of the Euro 2012 qualification campaign, after a woeful World Cup effort earlier in the summer. They failed to take their chances and then saw substitute Sergey Kisliak seize a match-winning opportunity in the 86th minute. Striker Louis Saha made his return to national team favour as a second-half substitute in the Group D clash but had to be replaced himself after just 10 minutes on the pitch, due to injury.