France coach Didier Deschamps hinted he would make several changes to his team to face Kazakhstan in their next World Cup qualifier on Sunday to preserve his players’ health after a lacklustre draw against Ukraine in their opening game.

The world champions kicked off their qualifying campaign with a 1-1 home draw against Ukraine.

Antoine Griezmann put France ahead but Ukraine levelled in the second half through a Presnel Kimpembe own goal.

“There’s going to be some changes for the Kazakhstan game,” Deschamps said.

Turkey pulled off an impressive 4-2 win at home to the Netherlands, powered by a Burak Yilmaz hat-trick.

Croatia slumped to a shock 1-0 defeat away to Slovenia, while Belgium beat Wales 3-1.

Czech Republic routed Estonia 6-2 and Portugal scraped past Azerbaijan 1-0 courtesy an own goal.