Overview
- Kylian Mbappé scored from a panenka penalty on 55 minutes and added another on 83, with Michael Olise (76) and Timothée Ekitiké (88) completing the 4–0 win at the Parc des Princes.
- The victory secures first place in Group D and renders Sunday’s trip to Baku a formality for Les Bleus.
- Didier Deschamps set up in a 4-2-3-1 with Rayan Cherki, Olise and Bradley Barcola behind Mbappé, and N’Golo Kanté made his first start in nearly a year.
- This marks France’s eighth consecutive World Cup qualification, with the tournament draw scheduled for December 5 in Washington.
- Tributes honored the November 13, 2015 victims with a pre-match minute of silence and a tifo in the 13th minute under reinforced security at a sold-out stadium.