Kylian Mbappe’s signing to Real Madrid caused some criticism, but that was short-lived as France’s “fantastic leader” dominated a 3-0 friendly victory over Luxembourg on Wednesday.

Star striker Kylian Mbappe, who celebrated the announcement of his transfer to the Spanish city with a goal and two assists at Stade Saint-Symphorien in Metz, was hailed by Didier Deschamps for his leadership characteristics.

Mbappe’s incredible move down the left flank made space for Jonathan Clauss’ goal after the interval and set up Randal Kolo Muani’s first-half goal.

But the France forward didn’t stop there. Bradley Barcola, his former Paris Saint-Germain colleague, helped him seal a late goal to finish off an incredible solo effort.

With just 12 days until Les Bleus’ opening Euro 2024 match against Austria, France head coach Deschamps was ecstatic at Mbappe’s victorious comeback to the national team.Deschamps said, “He is an exceptional leader,” to the French channel TF1. His mind and body were not used to playing with such constrained parameters. He was a lethargic man.

But he came to believe that he would stop at nothing to make up for his anger towards PSG. It was a great illustration for the week.

France will play a final warm-up friendly against Canada on Sunday before moving on to the Euros. The Netherlands and Poland are also members of their alliance.

Deschamps said that although Luxembourg’s dominance was encouraging, there is still room for development.

He stressed, “It is a good rehearsal for the work we have done.”

We won’t get too excited, but there have been some interesting developments. I’ll fix a few of my positioning mistakes.

“But there was a lot of variation in the offensive animation.”

During the triumph, Olivier Giroud, who was 37 years and 249 days old at the time, also set a record for the oldest player in French history. He came on as a replacement in the second half of the match.