Les Blues bounced back from their disappointing loss to Colombia by beating World cup host 3-1 in Saint-Petersburg yesterday.

Leading from the front was Kylian Mbappe, who slipped in behind to roll home a 40th minute opener before the man who assisted him, Paul Pogba, whipped home a free-kick after the break.

Les Bleus were caught napping at the back for the hosts to pull a goal back via Fyodor Smolov, picking up a concise counter-attack at the far-post on 68 minutes.

Still, the away fans went home happiest after striker Mbappe completely fooled Roman Neustadter with a number of stepovers on the edge of the box, cutting inside to nutmeg the goalkeeper and confirm the win.

Up next for France are Republic of Ireland, Italy and the United States in their pre-World Cup friendlies, with Russia due to face Austria and Turkey before kicking off the tournament on June 16 versus Saudi Arabia.

Source: marca.com

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