Kylian Mbappe's penalty was enough for France to beat Greece 1-0 in a fraught Euro 2024 qualifier in Paris.
2024 EURO qualification
1-0
Match Report
Mbappe netted a second-half penalty to become the best French scorer over a season with 54 goals for club and country, beating the mark set by Just Fontaine in 1957-58.
It also helped the Paris St Germain forward to level with Norway and Manchester City striker Erling Haaland, who will have the opportunity to finish top scorer among those playing in the five top European leagues when his national team take on Cyprus on Tuesday.
The result left France top of Group B with 12 points, six ahead of second-placed Greece, who had Konstantinos Mavropanos sent off in the second half, after Mbappe's goal.
The defender was shown two yellow cards, the second of which he protested along with the majority of his team-mates, but he will now face a suspension.
France will be looking to go all the way in Euro 2024 after falling short in 2021, losing on penalties to Switzerland in the round of 16 stage.
Mbappe missed from the spot that day but have improved from the spot since, now taker for both club and country.
Having won the 2018 World Cup, Didier Deschamps' side were expected to go on and lift more major titles but managed just a Nations League win since.
They lost in the World Cup final in 2022, in which Mbappe scored a hat-trick, and the forward will be keen to kick on in next summer's Euros, which his side now seem certain to qualify for.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
8' Mbappe's shot over the bar
25' Muani's header wide out
44' Kounde's shot stopped
55' Penalty Goal! France 1-0 Greece (Mbappe)
60' Coman's long shot stopped
69' Red Card! Mavropanos sent off
82' Mbappe's long shot wide out
87' Dembele misses good chance
Line-ups
France XI: Griezmann, Maignan, Coman, Theo, Mbappe, Upamecano, Konate, Kounde, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Muani, Eduardo Camavinga
Subs: Giroud, Areola, Veretout, Brice Samba, Dembele, Thuram, Pavard, Nkunku, Axel Disasi, Kamara, Wesley Fofana, Youssouf Fofana
Greece XI: Petros Mantalos, Baldock, Dimitrios Kourbelis, Anastasios Bakasetas, Manolis Siopis, Odysseas Vlachodimos, Georgios Giakoumakis, Pantelis Chatzidiakos, Masouras, Tsimikas, Mavropanos
Subs: Alexandros Paschalakis, Bouchalakis, Taxiarchis Fountas, Dimitrios Pelkas, Georgios Athanasiadis, Dimitrios Giannoulis, Retsos, Vangelis Pavlidis, Dimitrios Limnios, Giannis Papanikolaou, Lazaros Rota, Konstantinos Koulierakis