France 2 - 0 Germany

Olivier Giroud opens scoring in France win over Germany

France 2 - 0 Germany

Home team scorers
Olivier Giroud 45 +0:39
Andre Pierre Gignac 86


Olivier Giroud scores for France against Germany

France eased past Germany with goals from Olivier Giroud and André-Pierre Gignac in a friendly where the World Cup winners were far from their best.

The Euro 2016 hosts, missing Karim Benzema and Mathieu Valbuena after a sex-tape scandal, needed to wait until the stroke of half-time to make an impact with Giroud continuing his fine scoring run by slotting home from an Anthony Martial cutback.

Gignac, who plays in Mexico for Tigres, headed in their second goal in the 86th minute to seal victory in a game overshadowed by deadly attacks in Paris.

Germany failed to put in a performance to restore some pride with the national association locked in a scandal over winning the bid for the 2006 World Cup.

Mario Gómez, making his comeback for Germany after more than 14 months and having missed the World Cup through injury, had a good first-half chance but was shut out after the break.

Giroud, who has scored eight goals for Arsenal this season, might have scored a second in the Stade de France, which is in Saint-Denis, just outside Paris, but a diving header early in the second half sailed wide.

Guardian