Score: France 14-0 Gibraltar
Goalscorers (chronologically): Ethan Santos (OG), Marcus Thuram, Warren Zaire Emery, Kylian Mbappé (PK), Jonathan Clauss, Kingsley Coman, Youssouf Fofana, Adrien Rabiot, Kingsley Coman, Ousmane Dembélé, Kylian Mbappé, Kylian Mbappé, Olivier Giroud, Olivier Giroud.
Venue: Allianz Riviera (Nice)
Referee: John Brooks (ENG)
LINE-UPS
France
Mike Maignan, Jonathan Clauss, Theo Hernández, Jean-Clair Todibo, Dayot Upamecano (William Saliba), Warren Zaire-Emery (Youssouf Fofana), Adrien Rabiot (Boubacar Kamara), Kingsley Coman (Ousmane Dembélé), Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappé, Marcus Thuram (Olivier Giroud).
Subs: Alphonse Aréola, Brice Samba, Axel Disasi, Lucas Hernández, Jules Koundé, Khéphren Thuram, Randal Kolo Muani.
Manager: Didier Deschamps
Gibraltar
Dayle Coleing, Joseph Chipolina (Ethan Jolley), Roy Chipolina, Aymen Mouelhi, Ethan Santos, Jack Sergeant, Evan De Haro, Nicholas Pozo, Liam Walker (Jayce Olivero), Lee Casciaro, Tjay De Barr.
Subs: Bradley Banda, Christian Lopez, Mohamed Badr, Scott Ballantine, James Coombes, Ayoub El Hmidi, Kevagn Ronco, Anthony Hernandez, Dylan Peacock, Michael Ruiz.
Manager: Julio Ribas
MATCH EVENTS:
0’ France won 6/6 games so far with a GD of 13:1 and are guaranteed 1st in the group.
Gibraltar lost 6/6 games so far with a GD of 0:21 and are guaranteed last in the group.
Griezmann starts so he continues his insane streak and plays the 83rd game for France (also including friendlies) in a row without missing any or being an unused sub in any since June 2017.
The game in Gibraltar between these 2 sides ended in a 0-3.
A Fun-Fact: Lee Casciaro is 24 years older than his team-mate Nicholas Pozo and even 25 years older than his opponent Warren Zaire-Emery.
3’ 1-0 for France, Clauss delivers a low fast cross into the 6 yard box and Ethan Santos clears it into his own goal.
4’ 2-0 for France and it’s another own goal. A seemingly undangerous pass from Mbappé towards the box of Gibraltar gets dangerous cause Griezmann is the only one chasing after it. He runs into the box and shoots, the GK saves Thuram and Mouelhi chase the rebound and in the end Mouelhi seemingly got the touch which brought the ball over the line from very short range. At least Uefa credited it to the defender for now.
8’ Thuram with a huge chance, he is 1 on 1 vs the GK but he bottles it as he doesn’t shoot it but passes to Mbappé who has 3 defenders who covered him and therefore didn’t even get near the ball.
9’ next chance for France but Mbappé shoots it over the goal.
Btw I just checked on Sofascore and they credit the 2nd goal to Marcus Thuram, so it was probably not an OG.
16’ 3-0 for France. Gibraltar get counter attacked by France. Coman passes it to WZE who scores from 5 meters but might have gotten injured in that orocess. Red card check by VAR even.
18’ Red Card for Ethan Santos from Gibraltar. Not his best day I would confidently claim. Zaire Emery will be subbed off.
20’ Youssouf Fofana comes on for Warren Zaire Emery. Even though my german commentator insists it’s Boubacar Kamara from Aston Villa… Let’s see when he will notice, probably only if the direction tells him on his ear.
As another commenter mentioned the record for highest win in WC qualifiers of Europe is 13-0 from Germany vs San Marino, Jens Lehmann scored in that game.
25’ Coman receives a beautiful pass by Fofana but shoots it over the top corner.
26’ Griezmann almost completes a beautiful team goal but his header misses the target: long cross by Theo Hernández from the left, Coman lays off the volley from the right into the middle and Griezmann directly takes the header.
28’ The veteran Casciaro handled the ball in his own box, there’s a VAR check and the referee decides penalty for France.
30’ 4-0 for France. The captain Kylian Mbappé Lottin takes it and scores bottom left while the GK jumped to the right. He now has as many goals for Les Bleus as Antoine Griezmann (44). Only Thierry Henry (51) and Stupid Sexy Giroud have more (54). Lee Casciaro got a yellow card.
The highest win by France in the last 100 years: 10-0 vs Azerbaijan 1995.
34’ 5-0 for France. Jonathan Clauss bangs it in from well over 20 meters after France played a corner short. Mbappé collects the simple assist for that beautiful goal by Clauss who also “assisted” the own goal in the 3rd minute.
36’ Well, this is stressful for me. 6-0 for France. Hernandez crosses the ball from the corner of the box. Gibraltar can’t clear the ball away properly and it is presented perfectly for Coman who shoots it in from 5 meters. The goal withstood the var check for offside in the build up.
37’ 7-0 for France. “Kamara!” No it was Fofana but my commentator is genuinely that stupid to still think it’s Boubacar Kamara with the shirt number 19. Similar to Clauss goal a low strong shot from outside the box, but this time it’s a bit closer like about 20 meters. Mbappé gets the assist again.
39’ Rabiot almost scores with a header.
And my commentator still didn’t get it, you could see the name on his shirt in multiple angles now.
7 different goalscorers so far btw
43’ Coman tries a long shot but misses the goal by approximately 15 meters.
45’ Mbappé gives the GK props for saving a shot of him, huge chance but he was rightfully flagged offside anyway.
Half Time Gibraltar really stabilized themselves after that 7-0
46’ The game restarts, there are no substitutions, UEFA has by now also declared the 2-0 to Marcus Thuram.
49’ Massive news LMAO my commentator (german DAZN) did admit that Fofana came on and not Kamara and he also scored the 7-0 not Kamara. He blames the kit numbers for the confusion lol.
52’ Thuram’s header after a Coman cross goes wide, this was already his 2nd chance in the 2nd half.
53’ After a beautiful combination through the middle Griezmann is 1 on 1 vs the GK, he tries to cheekily chip it over the GK who is already on the ground but the ball seems to fly in slow motion and he doesn’t get higher than half a meter so the keeper while sitting on the ground manages to sweep the ball away like an annoying fly and France miss another big chance.
57’ Big chance for Thuram and in the end it’s a goal denying goal line clearance by Gibraltar’s number 4.
60’ Somewhat of a goal attempt by Gibraltar.
61’ Julio Ribas brings on fresh legs: Joseph Chipolina off, Jayce Olivero on, Liam Walker off, Ethan Jolley on. Yet another Ethan apparently.
63’ 8-0 for France. Adrien Rabiot shoots it in from 4 meters after a scramble in front of the goal after a corner kick. The 8th different goalscorer of today.
65’ 9-0 for France. Coman is the first to get his name in the goals sheet twice. a one-two with Mbappé and a shot that is deflected by a defender gets him his 2nd goal of the day.
67’ 3 substitutions by France: Adrien Rabiot off, Olivier Giroud on, Marcus Thuram off, Boubacar Kamara on (now for real), Kingsley Coman off, Ousmane Dembélé on. Deschamps subbed off 4 players and all of them scored at least 1 goal by the time they were taken off.
71’ The game is interrupted for a Gibraltar player who got a ball in his face. From a pass… from his own team-mate. Meanwhile La Ola is making its round through the stadium.
73’ We have the double digits. 10-0 for France!! Ousmane Dembélé with a goal, that is trademarked by him. He cuts in from the right fakes a left-shooted foot by which he cuts to his right foot and shoots it low perfectly in the far corner. The UEFA graphic has a hard time to handle this number haha and…
74’ …11-0 for France. Theo Hernández cuts it back from the goal line and Mbappé converts from 6 meters.
The commentator says this would be France’s highest win ever but he also repeatedly said that they defeated Denmark with 17-1 or sth like that around 1917 so I am not sure what he means.
78’ 12-0 for France. (the Germany - San Marino record is in danger now). Mbappé lays it off well for Giroud who shoots from around 15 meters and the low shot perfectly bounces in from the right far post. Mbappé’s 5th goal contribution of the day, Olivier Giroud’s 55th goal for Les Bleus. But the goal is still checked by VAR Idk why.
80’ Offside by Giroud in the build up, no goal, no 12-0, right decision in my opinion, the Gibraltar defender had a more or less accident touch so it doesn’t lift the offside.
81’ Dayot Upamecano off, William Saliba on and for Gibraltar: Tjay de Barr off, James Coombes on
82’ 12-0 for France. Kylian Mbappé with an absolute screamer and now his 5th goal contribution of the day for real. He spontaneously shoots it from probably over 40 meters and the GK just can’t get back enough to save the long shot. Shades of Federico Dimarco and this one Azerbaijanian guy vs Denmark recently.
Lol worldfootball.com credits Lucas Hernández with the assist for the 11th goal! Lucas Hernández is on the bench and was never subbed on today.
France are passing it around the back, “back” means 30 meters from Gibraltar’s goal in this scenario.
89’ 13-0 for France, the Germany - San Marino record is tied now. A ball over the backline from Fofana for the in-running Griezmann, he lays it off 1st touch with his chest for Giroud who cunts it in for his 55th goal for Les Bleus now for real. It’s Griezmann’s first direct goal contribution of the day.
90+1’ 14-0 for France, the Germany - San Marino record is broken. And France have added another banger to the spectacle. Theo Hernández with a thundercunt which the GK saves by parrying it high into the air. Giroud takes the ball at a height of about 2 meters with his foot(!) with an overhead kick and scores by that from very close range.
Game Over
So, if anyone wants to know why South Americans got so pissed off at Mbappe saying their football is more competitive, this is it. France and Portugal playing these games against amateurs while Brazil and Argentina are losing games to countries with much stronger traditions. Bolivia and Venezuela, our weaker sides, would absolutely massacre the sides you play in Europe.
Except that Europe has 20 teams as the ones in South America as well as these really weak one.
Also, Argentina and Brazil have gotten 10 and 12 goal wins before and this 14-0 just broke the record so it’s really not the evidence you think it is.
There are many contenders for a title in Europe. Italy, Germany, Spain, France, England, Netherlands, Protugal and even sides like Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Belgium and Sweden got their chances to shine. Meanwhile in South America you have an oligopoly of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, with maybe the occasional Chile or Perù doing something.
Sure, more competitive.
How many slots are available for conmebol teams compared to the number of countries playing? Now compare that with the 54 teams playing for only 16 places
It’s not just about playing gibraltar and san marino, theres not that many slots available for your country and a single loss or two will ruin your chances to qualify quickly
I’m not denying that qualifying in Europe CAN be harder, even if it mostly isn’t (you need to get unlucky with draws or fucking lose to North Macedonia). The point is that most of the matches in European qualifiers are pure fluff, and there are significantly more non-competitive games.
south America literally only has 3 dominant teams (argentina, brazil, Uruguay)
both continents have stat padding sessions but the amount of rivals at europes disposal is SIGNIFICANTLY MORE. countries like france has had their ass handed to them to nations like Denmark and Switzerland. there is a long list regardless of the favourites that are capable of taking them down .
This is a one off freak game, the other teams in France’s group are the Netherlands, Greece and Ireland. If Bolivia or Venezuela had to play in that group they’d be battling Ireland for fourth.