France 4-1 Scotland: France roared back from a goal down to inflict a heavy defeat
Buoyed by Euro 2024 qualification two days earlier, the makeshift visitors stunned the World Cup runners-up early on in Lille when Eduardo Camavinga's inexplicable passback allowed Billy Gilmour to smash in his first goal in senior football.
But that moment served as a wake-up call for the French, who levelled just five minutes later when Benjamin Pavard glanced a header in at the far post from an Antoine Griezmann corner.
The Inter Milan defender nodded in a second soon after, this time benefiting from Kylian Mbappe's devastating burst of pace past Jack Hendry before the Paris St-Germain superstar dinked the ball to Pavard.
Mbappe would add a third before the break, his 43rd France goal in 73 caps, smashing a penalty beyond debutant goalkeeper Liam Kelly after a video assistant referee review judged Liam Cooper to have pulled Olivier Giroud to the deck.
And Kingsley Coman completed the scoring after the interval, thundering in a half-volley on the rebound past Zander Clark - also handed his first cap in the second half - after Griezmann's initial close-range finish came back off the bar.
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