International Friendlies: Italy bags 6, France gets 7.


Italy 6-0 Moldova

Roberto Mancini’s side enjoyed a rout in Florence which Bryan Cristante kicked off in the 18th minute and Domenico Berardi completed 20 minutes from time.

Francesco Caputo also got in on the act, Stephan El Shaarawy bagged a brace and Veaceslav Posmac scored an own goal for Moldova.

France 7-1 Ukraine

Oliver Giroud celebrating with team member after scoring a goal.

Les Bleus took the lead in Paris thanks to a piece of ingenuity from 17-year-old Eduardo Camavinga.

Olivier Giroud then scored a brace – taking him above Michel Platini in France’s all-time scoring charts – before an own goal from Vitaliy Mykolenko made it 4-0 at half-time.

Viktor Tsyhankov scored a consolation goal for Ukraine early in the second half, only for Corentin Tolisso to make it 5-1.

Kylian Mbappé then got in on the act to make it 6-1, before a late deflected strike from Antoine Griezmann made it 7.