The Bleuets, who have a third consecutive success after those obtained against Ukraine (5-0) and Serbia (3-0) in October, are three points ahead, tied for matches played, the Ukrainians, hooked by North Macedonia (1-1), Thursday.

The Macedonians are also the next opponents of Sylvain Ripoll's men, on November 16 in Skopje.

Faced with a weak Armenian team, the red lantern of Group H, the Tricolores, deprived of several major players such as the Niçois Amine Gouiri and Melvin Bard and the player of Lokomotiv Moscow, Alexis Beka Beka, but still on the attack and largely superior in all areas, quickly imposed a severe domination on their opponents, curled up in defense.

Serious, diligent, they were quickly rewarded with a first goal signed Maxence Caqueret with a shot in the top corner (11th).

Subsequently, Sofiane Diop quickly increased the score to 2-0 by victoriously resuming a shot from Arnaud Kalimuendo repelled by goalkeeper Aman Nersesyan (28th) before Rayan Cherki gave the French team a three-goal lead. on a direct free kick (34th).

It is also on a direct free kick, also granted full axis, that Diop worsened the mark shortly after the return of half-time (4-0.50th).

Well organized around a very active midfielder formed by Eduardo Camavinga, Rayan Cherki and Sofiane Diop, the Bleuets confirmed their domination in the second period multiplying the dangerous situations on which Nesersyan multiplied the parries.

But it is logical that Kalimuendo scored the fifth goal at the conclusion of a good collective movement which put the Armenian defense out of reach (59th).

The Lensois even achieved a double with a little success by taking a counter shot from Enzo Le Fée (6-0, 69th) before he leaves his place to Toulouse Nathan Ngoumou (75th).

At the hour of play, Sylvain Ripoll had already started to logically give time to play with the entries of Kephren Thuram, Le Fée, who carried the score to 7-0 (81st), and Mohamed-Ali Cho in the places of Cherki, Caqueret and Amine Adli who will have been the only offensive player of the starting XI not to have scored.

William Saliba also left his place at the start of the last quarter of an hour to Rennais Loïc Badé in central defense.

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