Moldova put up a significant fight against France but ended up losing to a penalty from Olivier Giroud. This was a game expected to be a comfortable victory for France considering that the two teams had a huge gulf in class.
France came into the game as the reigning world champions while Moldova are ranked 175th according to FIFA. This match took place just a few hours after France’s qualification to Euro 2020 was confirmed. Perhaps, this may have been a factor behind France having a lackadaisical approach to the match but they were almost made to pay for this mistake.