France 14 Gibraltar 0: Mbappe bags hat-trick and Zaire-Emery nets on debut as Les Bleus secure record-breaking rout

Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick in France’s record 14-0 win over ten-man Gibraltar, as the Netherlands, Switzerland and Romania booked their places at Euro 2024 on Saturday.

France set a new record of victories in European qualifying and a national record in defeating Gibraltar in Nice.

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An own goal by Ethan Santos, Marcus Thuram and 17-year-old Warren Zaire Emery on his international debut have already put the France On the drive before a red card for Santos in the 18th minute allowed Didier Deschamps’ men to escape.

Mbappe The penalty made it 4-0 and Jonathan Klaus, Kingsley Coman and Youssouf Fofana scored before half-time.

Adrien Rabiot, Koeman again and Ousmane Dembélé kept the scoreline before Mbappé scored twice to make it a hat-trick.

Olivier Giroud then came off the bench to score the final two goals and ensure the history books were rewritten.

But the result will raise new questions about the need for such clashes between the giants and smaller players in a busy fixture schedule.

Just one goal was enough to ensure the Netherlands joined France in the Group B qualifiers with a 1-0 win over the Republic of Ireland.

Wout Weghorst’s powerful strike separated the two teams in Amsterdam in what is likely to be Irish coach Stephen Kenny’s final competitive match.

Romania reached only its second major tournament Since 2008, they ended Israel’s chances of automatic qualification with a 2-1 victory.

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Despite having to play what should have been a home match in Hungary due to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, Israel took the lead after just two minutes through Eran Zahavi.

But Romania responded quickly and equalized through George Puskas and secured its place in Germany thanks to Ianis Hagi, the son of Gheorghe Hagi, who inspired the Romanian national team in its famous march to the quarter-finals of the 1994 World Cup.

Switzerland also qualified despite a 1-1 draw at home against Kosovo.

Romania now occupies first place to lead Group Nine after a draw at home against Switzerland on Tuesday, which is enough to secure the top spot in the group.

Wales’ hopes of reaching the European Championship for the third time in a row It received a heavy blow in a 1-1 draw away from home to Armenia.

Rob Page’s men started the day with automatic qualification in hand.

But Wales fell behind early with Lucas Zelarayan’s goal from outside the penalty area in Yerevan.

Nair Teknesian’s own goal led to a draw for the visitors before the end of the first half, but Wales failed to score the winning goal, leaving Croatia to stumble.

The World Cup semi-finalists advanced to second place in Group D thanks to a 2-0 win over Latvia, with Lovro Madjer and Andrej Kramaric scoring two goals in the first 16 minutes.

Wales must beat already qualified Turkey in Cardiff on Tuesday and hope Croatia fails to beat Armenia on home soil.