In the 3rd minute, Jonathan Clauss raced into the box and crossed for Marcus Thuram, but Gibraltar's Ethan Santos deflected the ball into his own net as he tried to counter.

[3] Eleven minutes later, Kingsley Coman advanced into the box, crossing to Warren Zaïre-Emery who catapulted the ball into the net before being injured in a tackle by Santos, who was shown a red card moments later for the challenge.

In the 73rd minute, Ousmane Dembélé shot for goal near the left-hand corner of the Gibraltar box and found the back of the net.

[11] The win became the largest victory in the history of the France national team, surpassing their previous record of 10–0 against Azerbaijan in 1995.

It was also the biggest win in European Championship qualifying history, exceeding Germany's 13–0 triumph over San Marino in 2006.

[1] France drew 2–2 against Greece in their final match, confirming their position at the top of Group B and securing automatic qualification for the tournament.