France v Gibraltar (UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying)

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UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
Group B
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The pitch at the Allianz Riviera, the venue for the match.
Event UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
France Gibraltar
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Date18 November 2023 (2023-11-18)
Venue Allianz Riviera, Nice, France
Man of the Match Kylian Mbappé (France) [1]
Referee John Brooks (England)
Attendance32,758 [2]
WeatherClear
12 °C (54 °F)
54% humidity

France v Gibraltar was a football match belonging to the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying that took place on 18 November 2023.

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France's 14–0 victory became the largest in their history, as well as the largest in the history of the European Championship qualifiers.

Background

The match was the 17th in Group B of the Euro 2024 qualifiers, and the second-to-last qualifying match for both France and Gibraltar. The hosting stadium was the Allianz Riviera in Nice. Nearly 33,000 spectators were in attendance to watch the match. [2]

Match

The match kicked off at 20:45 local time. In the 3rd minute, Jonathan Clauss raced into the box and crossed for Marcus Thuram, but Gibraltar's Ethan Santos deflected the ball into his own net as he tried to counter. Moments later, Kylian Mbappé delivered a pass to Antoine Griezmann, who broke into the box and shot; the goalkeeper Dayle Coleing pushed back but failed to grasp the ball, leaving Thuram free to dispatch it into the back of the net. [3] Eleven minutes later, Kingsley Coman advanced into the box, crossing to Warren Zaïre-Emery who catapulted the ball into the net before being injured in a tackle by Santos, who was shown a red card moments later for the challenge. [4] In the 28th minute, Clauss crossed into the box, but the ball was too far away to reach Théo Hernandez and Lee Casciaro, who were in a duel. The latter touched the ball with his hand, giving France a penalty kick, which was converted by Mbappé. [5] In the 34th minute, Clauss struck a long-range shot from 25 metres out, sending the ball into the back of the net to make it 5–0. Coman picked up the ball two minutes later and sent it into the net in the 36th minute after Mbappé's volley from Hernandez's cross was parried by the goalkeeper. [6] Again from 25 yards out, Youssouf Fofana hit the ball hard from outside the box and into the net. The whistle blew for half-time, with France 7–0 up. [7]

The second half kicked off, and in the 63rd minute, Griezmann played a corner into the penalty spot, where the keeper initially pushed it away, but Adrien Rabiot recovered and shot three times, each time being thwarted, until his fourth attempt finally found the net. [8] Moments later, Coman broke into the box, passed to Mbappé, who passed back to him, and Coman shot just over the keeper for the ninth goal. In the 73rd minute, Ousmane Dembélé shot for goal near the left-hand corner of the Gibraltar box and found the back of the net. A minute later, Hernandez raced into the box and passed to Mbappé, who scored his second goal of the game. In the 78th minute, Clauss crossed into the box and the ball fell to Mbappé, who lost the ball to Olivier Giroud, who took it out of the hands of the Gibraltar defenders before passing it back to Mbappé. The latter passed one last time to Giroud, whose left-footed cross-shot from the right was magnificent, but the goal was disallowed for offside. [9] In the 82nd minute, Mbappé struck a powerful lob near the centre circle that found the back of the net. In the 89th minute, Youssouf Fofana crossed to Griezmann, who passed to Giroud, who beat the keeper to score the 13th goal. [10] The final goal came in stoppage time, as Hernandez shot into the box but the goalkeeper pushed it away. The ball fell to Giroud, who volleyed home to make the final scoreline 14–0. [11]

Details

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Allianz Riviera , Nice, France
Attendance: 32,758 [2]
Referee: John Brooks (England)
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Gibraltar
GK16 Mike Maignan
RB2 Jonathan Clauss
CB13 Jean-Clair Todibo
CB4 Dayot Upamecano Sub off.svg 81'
LB22 Théo Hernandez
CM8 Warren Zaïre-Emery Sub off.svg 20'
CM14 Adrien Rabiot Sub off.svg 66'
RW15 Marcus Thuram Sub off.svg 66'
AM7 Antoine Griezmann
LW20 Kingsley Coman Sub off.svg 66'
CF10 Kylian Mbappé (c)
Substitutes:
GK1 Brice Samba
GK23 Alphonse Areola
DF17 William Saliba Sub on.svg 81'
DF5 Jules Koundé
DF3 Axel Disasi
DF21 Lucas Hernandez
MF6 Khéphren Thuram
MF18 Boubacar Kamara
MF19 Youssouf Fofana Sub on.svg 20'
FW9 Olivier Giroud Sub on.svg 66'
FW11 Ousmane Dembélé Sub on.svg 66'
FW12 Randal Kolo Muani Sub on.svg 66'
Manager:
Didier Deschamps
GK23 Dayle Coleing
DF14 Roy Chipolina (c)
DF16 Aymen Mouelhi
DF15 Ethan Santos Red card.svg 18'
DF4 Jack Sergeant
DF3 Joseph Chipolina Sub off.svg 61'
MF11 Evan De Haro
MF10 Liam Walker Sub off.svg 61'
MF6 Nicholas Pozo
FW19 Tjay De Barr Sub off.svg 81'
FW7 Lee Casciaro
Substitutes:
GK1 Bradley Banda
GK13 Christian López
DF2 Ethan Jolley Sub on.svg 61'
DF12 Jayce Olivero Sub on.svg 61'
MF20 Scott Ballantine
MF8 Mohamed Badr Hassan
FW22 Dylan Peacock
FW9 Ayoub El Hmidi Sub on.svg 61'
MF18 Anthony Hernandez
DF5 Kevagn Ronco
FW21 Jamie Coombes Sub on.svg 81'
FW17 Michael Ruiz
Manager:
Julio César Ribas

Post-match

The win became the largest victory in the history of the France national team, surpassing their previous record of 10–0 against Azerbaijan in 1995. It was also the biggest win in European Championship qualifying history, exceeding Germany's 13–0 triumph over San Marino in 2006. [13] Kylian Mbappé was named man of the match after registering a hat-trick and two assists. [1]

France drew 2–2 against Greece in their final match, confirming their position at the top of Group B and securing automatic qualification for the tournament. From their eight games, their final statistics were seven wins and one draw, with 29 goals scored and 3 conceded. Meanwhile, Gibraltar were defeated in their final game 6–0 against the Netherlands. They finished at the bottom of Group B after losing all eight of their matches, scoring no goals while conceding 41.

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