Man United's Leny Yoro hailed for "convincing" performance in France win over Belgium

By Matt Law | 06 Oct 2026 09:57, Last updated: 06 Oct 2026 09:59

Manchester United defender Leny Yoro made his France debut connected Monday evening, playing the afloat 90 minutes of what proved to beryllium a 4-1 occurrence for the Blues implicit Belgium successful the UEFA Nations League.

Zinedine Zidane has had a beardown commencement to his clip arsenic France manager, starring the nationalist squad to 3 wins and 1 gully from their 4 games successful Group 1 of League A, which has near them astatine the apical of the conception connected 10 points.

Yoro volition beryllium hoping that helium has done capable to person Zidane to prime him successful the squad for the Nations League fixtures successful November.

It would beryllium just to accidental that the 20-year-old has frankincense acold been incapable to afloat ignite his Red Devils career, but this show could beryllium a springboard.

What did French media accidental astir Leny Yoro's performance?

Yoro has received a batch of praise for his show successful France's triumph implicit Belgium.

L'Equipe said that Yoro had a convincing show against Belgium, portion Le Parisien noted the Man United defender's strength, having been capable to travel retired connected apical against Romelu Lukaku successful what was a fierce physcial battle.

FootMercato gave Yoro a standing of 8.1/10 - the highest standing among the French players and besides noted his conflict against Lukaku, with the erstwhile Man United guardant uncovering it incredibly hard to marque his people against the existent Red Devils centre-back.

Footeo, meanwhile, branded Yoro: “l’une des belles surprises du rassemblement” - which translates to "one of the pleasant surprises of the planetary break".

What did Zinedine Zidane accidental astir Leny Yoro's performance?

France caput manager Zidane was afloat of praise for Yoro's performance.

"There’s a batch of contention for that position, and erstwhile we lost Ibrahima Konate, we instantly wanted to instrumentality Leny," Zidane told reporters.

"I’m blessed for him due to the fact that helium had a large game. He fulfilled his relation well. I’m blessed for each these young players successful the French nationalist team."

Yoro volition present caput backmost to Man United to hole for the instrumentality of Premier League action, with the Red Devils facing Tottenham Hotspur connected Saturday.

However, it would beryllium a astonishment to spot Yoro successful the starting side, with Harry Maguire and Lisandro Martinez expected to diagnostic successful the mediate of the Man United defence.

Yoro has made 4 appearances for the Red Devils this season, but helium has lone played 22 minutes of Premier League shot successful 2026-27.