Overview
- France clinched the sole automatic berth from their qualifying group by beating Ukraine 4-0 in Paris to reach 13 points, six clear with one matchday left.
- All goals came in the second half at the Parc des Princes, with Kylian Mbappé scoring twice and Michael Olise and Hugo Ekitike adding one each.
- Mbappé’s brace lifted his international tally to 55 goals in 94 appearances for France.
- FIFA released an 11-goal shortlist for the 2025 Puskás Award, featuring Egyptian forward Amr Nasser for a double backheel strike scored for Farco against Al Ahly last season.
- Egypt’s U17s were knocked out of the World Cup in Doha after a 3-1 round‑of‑32 loss to Switzerland, who scored through Nevio Scherrer, Ethan Brochins and Jil Steil, with Anas Rushdy netting late for Egypt; Switzerland next faces the Ireland‑Canada winner.