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Good evening and welcome to live coverage of France v Bulgaria. I’ll bring you build-up to kick-off at 20:10 BST, followed by full text commentary

International friendlies
Stade de France / 08.06.2021
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    Pete Sharland

    Updated 08/06/2021 at 21:04 GMT


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    It's all over in Paris and France have breezed to a 3-0 win. Didier Deschamps' team open their Euro 2020 Group F campaign with a headline fixture against Germany next Tuesday.
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    92'
    Those late goals have ensured the scoreline more accurately reflects the nature of a one-sided game tonight. It's been a breeze for France at times and they are going into the Euros in fine fettle.
    90'
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    GOOOAAALLL!!! Giroud gets his second, getting on the end of Ben Yedder's low cross and slotting into an open goal from close range. 3-0.
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    89'
    Pogba takes a knock to the back and gets gingerly back to his feet. He won't like that so late in a relatively meaningless game.
    87'
    France have been good without being remarkable tonight. At times during the first-half it was hard to see who else could win the Euros this summer, such was the quality of their attacking play. But as the game has gone on, the old lack of killer instinct has drifted into the game.
    83'
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    GOOOAAALLL!!! That’s the win secured and Giroud shows why he’s such a valuable member of this squad with a tidy finish at the near post off Pavard’s cross. 2-0 France.
    81'
    Pavard finds Giroud with a low cross, but his flicked effort his blocked. The pace has completely gone out of the game in this second half.
    79'
    Lloris has not had a save to make tonight in the France goal, but the game is still 1-0 and there is always a chance of even a team as limited as Bulgaria sneaking a goal against the run of play. Yes it’s a warm-up game, but France really need to be putting teams to the sword when they are this dominant.
    78'
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    Wowzers, that’s extremely close to an equaliser out of nowhere as Karageren sneaks a shot through the legs of Varane and just wide of the far post.
    74'
    Paul Pogba tries to weave his way through an absolute forest of red-shirted defenders in the box and somehow comes away with a corner. He’s a joy to watch when playing like this.
    72'
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    Lemar tries his luck with a 50/50 effort from range but his fizzing shot flies over the bar.
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    69'
    Dembele looks to twist into space in the box for a shot, but it’s well read by the defence and his effort is blocked.
    67'
    Dembele, with his first touch after coming on, plays a rapier-pass straight through the heart of the Bulgaria defence to set up Mbappe with a great chance, but, in his attempt to dummy the keeper he drags his shot narrowly wide.
    65'
    Pavard is set up for a shot from the same sort of range as his famous World Cup strike, but he doesn’t quite catch this one.
    63'
    Pogba produces a wonderful piece of skill to open up Bulgaria down the right, but his final ball doesn’t quite reach the same lofty standard.
    60'
    Varane is pinged for a foul out on the touchline, probably the first error of the night for the classy centre-back.
    58'
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    I'll spare you the details of every single change as that'll overwhelm the coverage, but here's another one from Bulgaria before I stop.
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    56'
    Giroud almost plays in Mbappe. It’s good, but it’s not quite the liquid football we say when Benzema was on the field.