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The 17-year-old Camavinga put himself on the map becoming the youngest man to score for France in more than a century with a daring aerial move for the first minute of the ninth minute.
Didier Deschamps named Giroud captain of the night and in return, the Chelsea striker scored a first-half double with a curly shot in the 24th minute and an opportunistic header ten minutes later.
An own goal by Ukrainian Vitaliy Mykolenko made it 4-0 at half-time. Andrey Shevchenko’s team looked brave but scruffy.
In the second half, superstar Kylian Mbappé was a blur of action, as his strike in the 82nd minute was the pick of the night after he came off the bench.
Bayern Munich’s Corentin Tolisso and Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann also hit with good goals.
Giroud defeats Platini
The two goals make the often-derided Giroud France as the second top scorer in French history, when he beat Michel Platini.
“Well there are two more in the bag and it was already quite significant loot, right?” Said Deschamps, who has persisted with Giroud during the years where France seemed to be falling with the best forwards.
He is now 42, just nine fewer than Thierry Henry at 51.
“I’ll keep going and see how far it goes,” said Giroud, 34.
Rennes star Camavinga will turn 18 on November 10 and is France’s youngest goalscorer since Maurice Gastiger, who was 17 in March 1914 and scored a 2-2 draw with the Swiss.
In a cavernous Stade de France with 1,000 fans allowed due to Covid-19 restrictions, the Ukraine team had been so devastated by injuries and the virus that they included a 45-year-old coach as the second goalkeeper of the night.
France now plays European champion Portugal in Paris on Sunday and then will face their victims from the World Cup final, Croatia, next Wednesday in Zagreb, both games in the Nations League.
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