Austria's European Championship opponents

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The jubilation of the French

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As expected, Austria's first opponent at the European Championships, France, successfully completed the penultimate test run before the start of the final round. In their 3:0 (1:0) win over Luxembourg on Wednesday evening, captain Kylian Mbappé and Co. were overwhelmingly superior and recorded an unchallenged victory. Randal Kolo Muani (43), Jonathan Clauss (70) and Mbappé (85) scored the goals in Metz. Austria will face France in Düsseldorf on June 17.

Mbappé exuded joy two days after his transfer to Madrid became official. The future Real star kept himself in France's attack with Marcus Thuram, Kolo Muani and free spirit Antoine Griezmann on the left. When Luxembourg attacked, the 25-year-old waited right up front for the counter-attack. For the time being, the underdogs successfully resisted. France coach Didier Deschamps, who helped N'Golo Kante, who plays in Saudi Arabia, make his comeback after a two-year break from the national team, observed the home side's attacking play, which was not crowned with a goal for a long time.

Luxembourg made occasional pinpricks, but Mike Maignan in the French goal was not really tested. Just as the atmosphere in the stadium was beginning to wane, the 2018 world champions struck shortly before the break. Mbappé used his pace advantage again, and Paris Saint-Germain's Kolo Muani headed the cross from the left over the goal line.

Mbappé missed an opportunity to make it 2:0 shortly after the break. The captain was involved in almost every dangerous scene. Marseille left-back Clauss, who came on as a substitute at the break, finally fired just under the crossbar from a corner kick. In the final ten minutes, veteran Olivier Giroud (37) and debutant Bradley Bacola (21) were also involved. Luxembourg hit the crossbar after a corner kick before Mbappé finally scored. Bacola won the ball and his soon-to-be ex-team-mate at PSG finished. "Les Bleus" will play their final test on Sunday in Bordeaux against Canada.

Denmark beat Sweden 2:1
Christian Eriksen scored Denmark's winner against Sweden. A beautiful shot from the 32-year-old Manchester United player in the 86th minute gave the home side a 2-1 victory in Copenhagen. Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg had put the Danes ahead after just one minute and 18 seconds following an Eriksen corner. But Alexander Isak (9) equalized for Sweden shortly afterwards. Eriksen collapsed at the Parken Stadium during the last European Championship due to a cardiac arrest. Since then, he has been playing with a defibrillator.

The Danes' last test match is against Norway on Saturday. Superstar Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick for the Norwegians in their 3-0 win over Kosovo. Slovakia beat San Marino 4-0 in Wiener Neustadt. Around 450 spectators watched the game, which was refereed by Julian Weinberger, in which Tomas Rigo (8th), Tomas Suslov (10th), Lukas Haraslin (36th) and David Strelec (58th) scored the goals. Belgium beat Montenegro 2-0 thanks to goals from Kevin de Bruyne (44) in his 100th international match and Leandro Trossard (93) from the penalty spot.

The test match results:

Slovakia - San Marino 4:0 (3:0)
Wiener Neustadt, SR Weinberger

Denmark - Sweden 2:1 (1:1)
Goals: Höjbjerg (2.), Eriksen (86.) and Isak (9.)

Norway - Kosovo 3:0 (1:0)
Goals: Haaland (15., 70., 75.)

Belgium - Montenegro 2:0 (1:0)
Goals: De Bruyne (44th), Trossard (93rd/penalty) 

France - Luxembourg 3:0 (1:0)
Go als: Kolo Muani (43.), Clauss (70.), Mbappe (85.)