The French team achieved a historic success against the modest team of Gibraltar on Saturday (14-0). A result which had a small effect, in France and abroad.
The French team certainly did not need a correction inflicted on Gibraltar to be placed in the category of big favorites for Euro 2024. But it pulled out all the stops on Saturday to give a little credit to a poster who hardly had any. By inflicting a 14-0 slap on the modest selection of Gibraltar, the Blues made history by breaking the record for the largest victory in their history, a 10-0 success against Azerbaijan in Auxerre, in 1995.
Despite the context and the weak opposition, it is difficult to trivialize this evening. In France, L’Équipe headlined this Sunday “ The French Promenade“, in reference to Nice, the host city of this lovely festival. The Parisian remained sober by recalling the very arithmetic aspect of the day with “ The match of all records“. In the various television programs, several columnists praised the great application of the Blues, some colleagues not hesitating to make a few humorous touches, like Nabil Djellit and his “ Gibraltar D3 » in L’Équipe du Soir.
The Blues hailed, Mbappé still scrutinized
This symbolic victory did not go unnoticed abroad. “France makes history: 14-0 with a capital Mbappé“, headlined the Madrid daily Marca, always inclined to scrutinize the captain of the Blues. For his part, As spoke of a “ historical goleada“. In Catalonia, Sport highlighted that “France breaks all records with its goleada against Gibraltar”, when El Mundo Deportivo writes that “ France makes history“.
In Italy, the Gazzetta dello Sport is enthusiastic about the “ 14 goals for France against Gibraltar » while taking care to note the “ 2 goals from Giroud, as well as Thuram and Rabiot scorers“. In Germany, Bild did not go into detail: “ 14-0! France celebrates goal party“. On the other side of the Channel, the British media The Telegraph is blaming a French team which “ destroy 10-man » Gibraltar, when the Daily Mail reports that the “ France scores 14 goals against unlucky Gibraltar and reduced to 10“.
Overall, this victory can also be read through the prism of Kylian Mbappé’s copy. Author of a hat-trick, including a 42-meter lob, to which are added 3 final passes, the captain of the Blues has reached the mark of 300 career goals. The Daily Mail did not hold back from attacking L’Équipe, recalling that “ Mbappé misses the mark of 10 despite his hat-trick to reach 300 goals“. Even in a match against Gibraltar, the Bondy prodigy always presents a story to tell…
