While Kylian Mbappe did manage to score, the French team struggled to a 3-0 victory over Luxembourg in a warm-up match for Euro 2024.
Just before the half, Randal Kolo Muani, the new Real Madrid attacker, set up a cross for France, who scored with a header into the bottom corner.
Naturally, Les Bleus had the better of the first half possession against the minnows, but Luxembourg held off a potent front line and only trailed by one goal at the interval. During the first hour, Didier Deschamps’ team put up a laborious show, seeing a lot of the ball but producing very few results.
With twenty minutes remaining, Jonathan Clauss produced a thunderbolt from the edge of the box to give France some breathing room.
Mbappe had the ultimate sаy, but Luxembourg persisted and raised the stakes late on as they came dangerously close to upsetting the World Cup finalists.
After missing several opportunities, Bradley Barcola’s cross was pushed home by the new Real Madrid Galactico to brighten the score.
Kylian Mbappe was allowed to devote all of his attention to the French national team’s training for the forthcoming EURO 2024 competition after settling his future with Real Madrid. He made an impact with two assists and one goal in France’s 3-0 friendly victory against Luxembourg earlier this morning.
On June 6, in other international friendly outcomes, Mikel Oyarzabal scored a hat-trιck as Spain defeated Andorra 6-0. In addition, Denmark defeated Sweden 2-1 thanks to goals from Hojbjerg and Eriksen.
Prior to the European Championship in 2019, the performances of Mbappe for France, Oyarzabal for Spain, and Hojbjerg/Eriksen for Denmark would have been positive indicators for these countries.