Staff Reporter.
Antoine Griezmann scored a superb bicycle kick and Olivier Giroud hit a double as France completed their Euro 2020 preparations by beating Bulgaria.
The reigning world champions fielded an impressively strong team with Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema and Antoine Griezmann leading the attack.
Griezmann’s acrobatic first-half finish took a deflection on its way in.
Chelsea’s Giroud came off the bench to get a second late on with a clinical strike before steering in a third.
Benzema then landed awkwardly after a header and asked to come off as he held his knee just before the break.
“It’s a knock on the knee, which also affects the muscle. He felt he was getting stiff so he asked to be subbed,” said Didier Deschamps. “The medical staff are taking care of him.”
“There were a lot of good things. I’ve been able to spare a few players as I was allowed six substitutions. Now we know what to expect, it’s going to be much more difficult on the 15th [against Germany],” said Deschamps.
“The competition is about to start and that’s the only thing that matters.”
The game was attended by 5,000 fans almost eight months after the French side last played in front of a crowd versus Portugal.
France open their Group F campaign at Euro 2020 on Tuesday, 15 June with an enticing tie against Germany (20:00 BST) before playing Hungary on Saturday, 19 June (14:00) and then facing Portugal on Wednesday, 23 June (20:00).