Euro Qualifier Report: Gibraltar 0 – 3 France
Both teams line up during the National Anthems prior to the UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying round group B match between Gibraltar and France at Estadio Algarve on June 16, 2023 in Faro Credit: Fran Santiago/UEFA/Getty Images
While the Boys in Green were suffering a 2-1 away loss in Athens, Ireland’s next opponents Gibraltar were defeated 3-0 at home by France on Friday night.
The World Cup runners up took an early lead through the country’s record goalscorer Olivier Giroud off a Kingsley Coman assist.
They made it 2-0 at the break with Kylian Mbappe getting on the scoresheet. The PSG star slotted home a penalty kick three minutes into first half injury time.
The third was an OG 12 minutes from time when Aymen Mouelhi put through his own net.
Gibraltar had lined up 4-5-1 against Didier Deschamps men and will be a similar set up when they come to Lansdowne Road on Monday night.
The result keeps Ireland off the bottom of the group on goal difference.
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