Kylian Mbappé, wearing a mask to protect his broken nose, marked his return at the European Championship with a goal against Poland.

It wasn’t enough for a victory on Tuesday, though, and it’s not enough to solve France’s growing problems at Euro 2024.

Mbappé removed his protective mask to celebrate in front of his team’s fans after converting a 56th-minute penalty.

But Robert Lewandowski earned the 1-1 draw with a 79th-minute spot kick that he got to take twice, leaving the French as the runners-up to Austria in Group D and dropping them into the same half of the draw with defending champion Portugal, host nation Germany and Spain — three of the continent’s heavyweight nations.

Austria beat Netherlands 3-2 in a match played at the same time.

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