Schulz strikes on debut as Germany down Peru

The World Cup trophy was shown off as well, and the squad undertook a lap of honour, singing with supporters, at the stadium where France first won it in 1998.

The teams were greeted by an enormous banner that read ‘world champions’ and covered the pitch, before a spine-tingling version of the French national anthem.

Mbappe got the breakthrough in the 14th minute as he turned in a ball driven across the box by Blaise Matuidi for his eighth international goal in 2018.

It took the visitors 66 minutes to seriously threaten, as Georginio Wijnaldum found himself in behind the defence only to drag his shot wide. But the Dutch were level just a minute later, Kenny Tete delivering a cross from the right for Babel -unmissable with his hair dyed red - to convert.

Giroud got the winner though, his 32nd for his country seeing him move one clear of Zinedine Zidane’s tally for France. dium where he plays his club football, the 25-year-old Schulz put in a solid performance at leftback as the hosts came from behind to pick up their first win since their World Cup debacle.

It was Peru who struck first, brutally exposing Joachim Loew’s side on the counter-attack in the 22nd minute. The lead lasted all of three minutes, as Julian Brandt levelled the scores with a delicate chip over Gallese.

The home side finally forced the issue in the 85th minute, as Schulz pounced on a loose ball in the final third and squeezed his shot underneath Gallese.