France denied early Euro 2020 qualification with Turkey draw

France must wait to claim a place at Euro 2020 after the world champions were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Turkey on Monday.

Turkey’s Kaan Ayhan equalised eight minutes from time after France substitute Olivier Giroud opened the scoring.

The visitors stayed top of Group H with 19 points from eight games, ahead of Les Bleus by virtue of a 2-0 win in Konya last June.

Iceland are third on 15 points after goals by Arnor Sigurdsson and Kolbeinn Sigthorsson earned a 2-0 home win over Andorra.

Albania are fourth on 12 points following a 4-0 away win against Moldova.

French police were on high alert after President Emmanuel Macron said Turkey’s military operation against Kurdish forces in Syria could lead to an “unbearable humanitarian situation”.

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Macron also said the operation threatened to “help the Islamic State group re-emerge in the region” but the evening went off without any notable incident. (Reuters/NAN)