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FRANCE star Desire Doue was left with visibly crooked teeth after taking an elbow to the face during their Nations League clash against Italy.
Les Bleus fell to a 3-1 defeat at the San Siro – their first defeat to the Azzurri on Italian soil since 1962 – thanks to a defensive disasterclass.
Michael Olise had capitalised on a Gianluigi Donnarumma error to give Zinedine Zidane‘s side the lead after 10 minutes, but that was as good as it got for them as they missed the explosiveness of captain Kylian Mbappe.
But while France got the stuffing knocked out of them with the ball at their feet, Doue literally saw his teeth knocked out of him after a collision with Davide Frattesi.
The winger was challenging the midfielder for the ball when a stray arm caught the PSG star in the face.
Doue was left grimacing in pain as he wheeled away from the accidental clash, but still had visible damage as his tooth was left bent out of shape.
Reacting to the before and after pics, one fan said: “The million dollar smile is gone.”
A second said: “His beautiful smile [gone].”
A third added: “That’s so sad.”
Another said: “I hope the tooth fairy is nearby.”
Doue was subbed off in the 77th minute, and much like the damage done to his gnashers, Frattesi knocked France’s teeth out with the goal that put Italy in the lead in the second half.
Pio Esposito had netted an equaliser in the first half before Lazio star Frattesi was found unmarked in the box with Federico Dimarco’s cross for a tap in.
Esposito added his second of the night from the spot in the 75th minute, showing older younger brother Sebastiano how to take a penalty after he missed from the spot just the before the hour.