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Olivier Giroud became Francethe second all-time top scorer on Wednesday in a 7-1 win over Ukraine, scoring twice to surpass Michel Platini’s total of 42 goals, and is now aiming for Thierry Henry’s all-time record of 51.
Giroud celebrates his 100th match in style against visiting coach Andriy Shevchenko, one of his idols.
“I am very proud, it is a great honor for me and I am happy that it happened in my 100th international match,” Giroud told French TV channel TF1. “I’m happy to have done it against Shevchenko, he was one of my favorite players, if not my favorite player as a teenager,” the Chelsea forward said of the former Milan and Ukraine striker, winner of the 2004 O-Ball.
Eduardo Camavinga opened the scoring for France with a brilliant bicycle serve, becoming the second youngest player from France to score for Les Bleus (17 years and 11 months). An own goal by Vitaliy Mykolenko and those of Corentin Tolisso, Kylian Mbappé and Antoine Griezmann completed the win.
Germany Midfielder Florian Neuhaus scored on his debut for the national team, but Turkey he returned three times to win a 3-3 draw.
Kenan Karaman scored the equalizer in injury time after Luca Waldschmidt fired a volley in the 81st minute that put Germany 3-2 ahead.
Turkey had leveled twice before, and both teams lost several regular players.
“We invited Turkey to score goals and again we could not hold on to victory,” said Germany captain Julian Draxler. “We have to be more dominant.”
Mexico delivered new Holland Coach Frank de Boer suffered a defeat in their first match in charge, as they enjoyed a well deserved 1-0 victory over their hosts.
Raúl Jiménez recovered several lost occasions in the first half by scoring a penalty an hour after Nathan Aké had put him back in the area.
Elsewhere, Italy hit Moldova 6-0, Croatia won 2-1 away in Switzerland Y Portugal had to settle for a 0-0 draw at home to Spain after hitting the crossbar twice and João Félix missing a last-gasp open goal.
On Wednesday, Spain and Portugal signed an agreement to go ahead with their joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup.
The federations of the countries ratified an agreement “to promote the joint candidacy for the organization of the 2030 World Cup, establishing strategies for the international projection of both federations and countries,” the Spanish football federation reported in a statement.
