France vs Austria player ratings: room for improvement! Kylian Mbappe fluffs his lines as the Blues beat Ralf Rangnick’s scrappy underdogs in their first Euro 2024 outing

France began their Euro 2024 campaign with a 1-0 win over Austria on Monday night, but the World Cup finalists failed to impress – nor did star man Kylian Mbappe. Real Madrid’s new signing may have been involved in the key moment of the match, with Max Wober somehow managing to head Mbappé’s cross past his own goalkeeper, but l he winger was guilty of wasting a glorious opportunity to put the game to bed after finding one. -one-on-one with Patrick Pentz.

Truth be told, a second goal would have flattered France, who took the lead from nothing – and, more frustratingly for Austria, just seconds after being denied a free corner after Mike Maignan had made a huge save from Christoph Baumgartner, who had been put on goal by Marcel Sabitzer’s sublime layoff.

Austria applied even more pressure in the closing stages of the match, but France, as they so often do, found a way to win despite a disappointing performance from several star men, including Mbappé, whose evening ended is ended early with his replacement due to a suspected broken nose.

Below, AIM evaluates all the French players present in Düsseldorf…