{"id":8958,"date":"2023-11-19T08:12:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T02:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/19\/euro-2024-qualifiers-france-destroys-10-man-gibraltar-14-0-for-record-win\/"},"modified":"2023-11-19T08:12:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T02:42:51","slug":"euro-2024-qualifiers-france-destroys-10-man-gibraltar-14-0-for-record-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/19\/euro-2024-qualifiers-france-destroys-10-man-gibraltar-14-0-for-record-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Euro 2024 Qualifiers: France destroys 10-man Gibraltar 14-0 for record win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 scored a hat trick as France routed Gibraltar 14-0 for the biggest-ever victory in European Championship qualifying on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Veteran striker Olivier Giroud came off the bench to score twice as Les Bleus broke the 13-0 record set by Germany against San Marino in 2006 for Euro 2008 qualifying.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe team played extraordinarily well today,\u201d said Mbapp\u00e9, who took his international tally to 46 goals. \u201cThis was a victory for teamwork.\u201d<\/p>\n

Teenage midfielder Warren Za\u00efre-Emery became France\u2019s youngest goal scorer on his international debut and then went off injured against a Gibraltar side that played most of the match with 10 players following an early sending off.<\/p>\n

France\u2019s biggest previous win was 10-0 against Azerbaijan in a European qualifying game in 1995.<\/p>\n

The only negative note for France was the injury to Za\u00efre-Emery, the latest prodigy to break into the national team. Coach Didier Deschamps said initial tests showed the injury was not too serious.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were worried because the ankle flared up quickly,\u201d he told broadcaster TF1. \u201cScans showed there is no fracture, but it\u2019s a pretty big sprain. I\u2019m sure he\u2019d rather remember his first appearance for his goal than for anything negative.\u201d<\/p>\n

Za\u00efre-Emery started and confidently finished the move in the 16th minute to become France\u2019s youngest scorer at 17 years and 255 days. The Paris Saint-Germain player limped off after defender Ethan Santos trod on his right ankle just as Za\u00efre-Emery smacked the ball into the top right corner. Santos, who had scored an own-goal in the third minute, was sent off.<\/p>\n

World Cup runner-up France was already through to Euro 2024 as Group B winner. This was a seventh straight win, with 27 goals scored and just one conceded. Rock-bottom Gibraltar has lost all seven matches and allowed 35 goals.<\/p>\n

Inter Milan forward Marcus Thuram poked home France\u2019s second goal after just four minutes. Following Za\u00efre-Emery\u2019s fine goal, Mbapp\u00e9 made it 4-0 from the penalty spot in the 30th following a handball.<\/p>\n

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Right back Jonathan Clauss drilled in a fine shot from 20 meters; right winger Kinsgley Coman struck from close range, and midfielder Youssouf Fofana\u2019s shot went under the goalkeeper\u2019s body to make it 7-0 after just 37 minutes.<\/p>\n

Juventus midfielder Adrien Rabiot turned in the eighth following a goal-mouth scramble and Coman\u2019s deflected effort made it 9-0 midway through the second half.<\/p>\n

Winger Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 netted before Mbapp\u00e9 side-footed home and then brilliantly lobbed the goalkeeper from 44 meters to make it 12-0 in the 82nd minute.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d been watching (the goalie) for 20 minutes and he was always far off his line,\u201d Mbapp\u00e9 said. \u201cI\u2019m not sure why.\u201d<\/p>\n

Giroud still had enough time to extend his national scoring to 56 goals with a close-range bicycle kick as Les Bleus broke Germany\u2019s record.<\/p>\n

France completes qualifying against Greece in Athens on Tuesday, when Gibraltar hosts second-place Netherlands.<\/p>\n

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