Overview
- France clinched qualification with a dominant second half at the Parc des Princes, breaking a 0-0 deadlock to beat Ukraine 4-0.
- A VAR sequence overturned a potential Ukrainian penalty before awarding France a spot kick for a foul on Michael Olise, converted by Kylian Mbappé with a panenka.
- Olise added the second with a left-footed finish and Hugo Ekitike scored late for his first international goal to complete the rout.
- The match fell on the 10th anniversary of the November 2015 attacks, marked by a minute of silence and tributes throughout the stadium.
- Mbappé reached 55 goals for France and 400 in his career as Didier Deschamps signaled rotation for Sunday’s low-stakes trip to Azerbaijan and outlined ambitions to go deep at the expanded finals.