France dominated the whole first half. Deschamps' team kept possession of the ball and created several chances, but failed to score the first goal of the match. Austria defended at the back hoping to pull off a counter-attack but failed to create scoring chances.

Kylian Mbappe almost started the game in style. The PSG player received the ball inside the box after a rebound in the second minute and beat Pentz with a shot to the long post, but the goal was disallowed because he was offside. In the 27th minute he tried again, the winger shot from outside the box to beat Pentz but the ball went wide grazing the post.

Aurelien Tchouameni came very close to scoring one of the best goals of his career in the 35th minute. The Real Madrid defensive midfielder almost gave France the lead with a bicycle kick goal, but the crossbar prevented it.

In addition, there were several injuries during the match. Barcelona centre-back Kounde was injured in the first half and had to be replaced by Saliba. At half-time, Maignan also had to be substituted due to injury and France's goalkeeper for the second half was Areola. Austria's Weimann was the third injury of the match and was replaced by Ljubicic.

In the 55th minute Mbappe gave France the lead with a superb goal. The PSG player received the ball in the midfield, and after driving the ball and once on the edge of the box, he beat Pentz with a powerful shot.

Giroud extended the lead for 'Les Bleus'. Griezmann delivered a good cross from the right flank and found Giroud's head. The Milan striker beat Pent with a lovely header to the far post.