Kylian Mbappe and Olivier Giroud on scoresheet as France cruise to Euro 2024 qualifying win at Gibraltar

16.06.2023 - 20:55 eurosport.com

France captain Kylian Mbappe took time out from fielding questions about his club future to score a goal and assist another as Les Bleus beat Gibraltar 3-0 in Portugal.

Didier Deschamps picked a strong French line-up and they went ahead inside the first three minutes, with Giroud nodding in at the back post.

Ad One might have expected a flurry of goals to follow, but a combination of France moving the ball slowly and dogged Gibraltar defending kept the lead at just one until first-half stoppage time.

A VAR review was able to detect an unintentional handball and that gave France a penalty, which Mbappe coolly dispatched. Euro QualifyingAke double gives Dutch win over Gibraltar, Sweden hit five against Azerbaijan27/03/2023 AT 21:14 Before that, debutant Brice Samba was given an almighty scare in the France goal when he was left stranded by a Ayoub El Hmidi effort from the halfway line, but the ball landed on the roof of the net.

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