France, England, Switzerland post wins in Euro qualifiers
Strikers Olivier Giroud and Harry Kane extended their national team scoring records as France and England maintained perfect starts to European Championship qualifying with third straight wins on Friday.Giroud took only three minutes to head home Kingsley Coman’s right-wing cross to make it 54 goals for Les Bleus in a 3-0 win at Gibraltar in Group B.World Cup runner-up France, which opened its campaign with wins against Ireland and the Netherlands, has yet to concede a goal.
Amid intense speculation regarding his Paris Saint-Germain future, Kylian Mbappe captained Les Bleus at the 30,000-capacity Estadio Algarve in Faro, Portugal. Mbappe calmly slotted in a penalty in first-half injury time for his 39th France goal. He’s only two behind fellow great Michel Platini, who’s fourth on France’s all-time scoring list.“We could have, we should have scored more. We hit the post, the goalkeeper made some saves,” he said. “We can always do better when we play with more speed.”
Midfielder Giorgos Masouras scored the winner as second-placed Greece won at home to Ireland 2-1 in the other Group B match.England took the lead at Ta’ Qali National Stadium through an early Malta own goal, before Liverpool right back Trent Alexander-Arnold – with a brilliant strike – and Kane netted in quick succession for coach Gareth Southgate’s team.
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