France, Oct. 3 -- Alessandro Bastoni scored midway through the second-half to cancel out Michael Olise's 55th-minute opener for the hosts.

The Inter Milan defender pounced on Lucas Da Cunha's failure to control the ball just outside the France penalty area, advanced on the France goal and slotted his shot past the France goalkeeper Mike Maignan.

The strike silenced buoyant home supporters still roaring after Olise's second goal in as many games.

From a free-kick 25 metres from the Italy goal, the Bayern Munich star received a short pass from Ryan Cherki and whipped the ball over the Italy wall into the top left hand corner of Gigi Donnarumma's goal before he could react.

"We had chances to kill the game afterwards," Zidane told French...