Kylian Mbappe scored his 50th international goal as France beat Nations League hosts Germany in their third-place play-off.
The captain finished well for the 45th-minute opener following a pass from Real Madrid team-mate Aurelien Tchouameni.
And Mbappe set up the second goal six minutes from time when he pounced on a mistake from Robin Koch and unselfishly squared the ball for Michael Olise to slot into the empty net.
Germany had their chances, though, with both a penalty award and a goal overturned by the video assistant referee (VAR).
First, Karim Adeyemi was awarded a spot-kick after being brought down by France keeper Mike Maignan, but the Germany forward was instead booked for diving after a VAR check.
Deniz Undav’s effort was disallowed after Niclas Fullkrug was deemed to have fouled Adrien Rabiot in the build-up.
Adeyemi also had three shots saved by Chelsea target Maignan, while Florian Wirtz struck a post.
But France could have added to their goal haul in Stuttgart, too. Marcus Thuram’s curling strike hit the post, while Mbappe missed the target several times and forced a great save from Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
Julian Nagelsmann’s Germany have now failed to win in three games, including Wednesday’s semi-final defeat by Portugal.
Source: BBC
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