Antoine Griezmann (2), Daewoo Upamecano (8) and Kylian Mbappe (21 and 88) scored in his first match as captain the goals of the French national team, surpassing Karim Benzema’s 38th goal with the national team.
Goalkeeper Mike Mignan, Khalifa retired captain Hugo Lloris, denied the Netherlands an honorary goal when he saved a penalty kick by Memphis Depay in the fifth minute of stoppage time.
The two teams played their first match since the 2022 World Cup in Qatar late last year, when France conceded its title by losing on penalties in a crazy final against Argentina (original and extra time 3-3), which eliminated the Netherlands from the quarter-finals with the same weapon.
The French Federation maintained its confidence in coach Didier Deschamps despite the defeat in the final, in which Mbappe scored a hat-trick, after leading him to the 2018 World Cup Russia title, while Ronald Koeman returned to the head of the coaching staff of the Netherlands after the departure of veteran Louis van Gaal after the World Cup.
Mbappe, the top scorer in the Qatar World Cup with eight goals, scored two goals to surpass Benzema’s number (37) and has 38 goals in his pocket.
The 24-year-old is only behind Olivier Giroud (53), Thierry Henry (51), Antoine Griezmann (43) and Michel Platini (41).
In the other match of the group, Greece beat its host, modest Gibraltar, 3-0, while the Republic of Ireland was absent from this round.
Lukaku’s hat-trick leads Belgium to a valuable win at the start of her career with Tedesco
Italian Inter striker Romelu Lukaku scored a hat-trick and led his country, Belgium, to a valuable victory over its Swedish host, 3-0, at the start of his career in the 2024 European Cup qualifiers, and his new German-Italian coach, Domenico Tedesco, met on Friday at the “Frands Arena” stadium in Solna in Group F competitions. .
Lukaku scored the hat-trick in the 35th, 49th and 83rd minutes.
In the same group, Austria honored its guest, Azerbaijan, when it defeated it 4-1.
Austria topped the group standings with three points, on goal difference against Belgium.
In Group E, the Czech Republic beat Poland 3-1, and Moldova tied the Faroe Islands 1-1.
And in the seventh, Serbia beat its guest Lithuania 2-0, and Montenegro beat its host Bulgaria 1-0.