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

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. France's domination continued in the second half but it was not until the 78th minute that they added the third goal via Aymen Mouelhi diverting Mbappe's cross into his own net.

Euro 2024 Qualifying fixtures/results Euro 2024 Qualifying standings The French hit the woodwork on four occasions so will feel that on another day it would have been a rout. Aurelien Tchouameni was the most unfortunate as he twice headed onto the crossbar. France have three wins from three and sit top of Group B, while Gibraltar have lost all three of their matches.