Kazakhstan 0-2 France: Mbappe penalty miss not costly as Les Bleus cruise

France bounced back from a drab draw against Ukraine with a comfortable 2-0 victory against Kazakhstan in their Group D World Cup qualifier in Astana on Sunday.

Match Report

Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembele finished a superb team move to mark his first for his country goal since June 2018, before Serhiy Malyi's own goal just before half-time.

Kylian Mbappe then had his second-half penalty superbly saved by Aleksandr Mokin, but Didier Deschamps' side saw out a crucial victory.

Line-ups

Kazakhstan XI: A. Nurgaliev, A. Mokin, S. Maliy, S. Muzhikov, A. Tagybergen, Maxim Fedin, Temirlan Erlanov, R. Valiullin, V. Vasiljev, M. Bystrov, N. Alip

Subs: A. Beysebekov, T. Dosmagambetov, S. Pokatilov, Y. Vorogovskiy, A. Marochkin, Ramazan·Karimov, M. Seisen, E. Astanov, M. Samorodov, D. Usenov

France XI: Lloris, Griezmann, Digne, Zouma, Pogba, Lemar, Lenglet, Martial, Dubois, Dembele, Ndombele

Subs: Mandanda, Sissoko, Giroud, Ben Yedder, Varane, Maignan, Rabiot, Coman, F Mendy, Lucas, Pavard, Mbappe