Stephen Kenny's side now face a crucial tie against The Netherlands on Sunday.
SO much of the pre-match talk centred on how Ireland could stop a superstar like Kylian Mbappe in his tracks.
But recurring themes, entirely of their own making, came back to haunt them and Ireland and Kenny now prepare to enter the last chance saloon against Holland on Sunday. In all three of Ireland’s defeats this year - against France, Greece and now France again - they have conceded within five minutes of the second-half starting.
But the outcome of this game was never in doubt - not with the way France maximised space on the Parc Des Princes pitch and pulled Ireland from pillar to post. And there were rumours that Chiedozie Ogbene might be handed the task of shackling the world’s best player. But he wasn’t, with that duty falling to Browne.Browne was almost touch tight on Mbappe in the early stages while Shane Duffy resembled a daddy long legs hitching a ride on a mosquito in his attempts to thwart Antoine Griezmann, whenever the playmaker took flight in between the lines.
And Mbappe teed up Oliver Giroud for an early shot before clipping an effort over the bar himself soon after.But with Parc des Princes home to Paris-Saint Germain, Mbappe was playing in his own backyard and keen to put on a show.
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