France secured their largest-ever victory by defeating 10-man Gibraltar 14-0 in Euro 2024 qualifying, with seven goals scored in each half.
Despite already securing a spot in the Germany tournament, the hosts, led by Kylian Mbappe’s hat-trick, including a remarkable 40-yard strike, demonstrated their dominance.
Teenager Warren Zaire-Emery contributed to the scoring, joining six other first-half goal scorers.
At the age of 17 years, eight months, and 11 days, he became France’s youngest player since 1914.
He marked his debut with a goal, extending the lead to 3-0 before exiting the game due to injury.
Ethan Santos inadvertently turned Jonathan Clauss’ cross into his own net within three minutes, followed by Marcus Thuram securing the second goal.
Zaire-Emery contributed to the scoring, and unfortunately, Santos received a red card in the 18th minute.
Mbappe extended the lead to 4-0 from the penalty spot, with subsequent goals from Clauss, Kingsley Coman, and Youssouf Fofana making it 7-0 by halftime.
After a momentary slowdown, France resumed their goal-scoring spree, with Adrien Rabiot netting in the 63rd minute.
The floodgates reopened as Kingsley Coman and Ousmane Dembele found the net, followed by two more goals from Mbappe, including a spectacular 40-yard finish as he noticed goalkeeper Dayle Coleing off his line.
Olivier Giroud completed the comprehensive victory with two quick goals just before the final whistle.
France concluded the match with 39 shots on goal, while Gibraltar had none.