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Mbappé Plays 20 Minutes as France Draws with Canada in Its Last Euro 2024 Warmup 

France's forward #10 Kylian Mbappé (C) runs with the ball during the International friendly football match between France and Canada at the Matmut Atlantique stadium in Bordeaux, on June 9, 2024. (AFP)
France's forward #10 Kylian Mbappé (C) runs with the ball during the International friendly football match between France and Canada at the Matmut Atlantique stadium in Bordeaux, on June 9, 2024. (AFP)
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Mbappé Plays 20 Minutes as France Draws with Canada in Its Last Euro 2024 Warmup 

France's forward #10 Kylian Mbappé (C) runs with the ball during the International friendly football match between France and Canada at the Matmut Atlantique stadium in Bordeaux, on June 9, 2024. (AFP)
France's forward #10 Kylian Mbappé (C) runs with the ball during the International friendly football match between France and Canada at the Matmut Atlantique stadium in Bordeaux, on June 9, 2024. (AFP)

Kylian Mbappé got some rest ahead of the European Championship, playing only about 20 minutes as France drew 0-0 with Canada on Sunday in its final warmup.

The match in Bordeaux marked Olivier Giroud's last home game for France. The striker, who is moving to Los Angeles FC in Major League Soccer, is retiring from the French national team after Euro 2024, which starts Friday in Germany.

Mbappé entered in the 74th minute and failed to spark France to victory. He had played the entire friendly against Luxembourg on Wednesday, when he scored in France's 3-0 win in what was his first match since his move from Paris Saint-Germain to Real Madrid was finally confirmed.

France's opening game at Euro 2024 is on June 17 against Austria.

Mbappé reportedly was not fully fit after the game against Luxembourg and had missed some training sessions during the week but is expected to play a key role for France in Germany.

France, runner-up to Argentina in the 2022 World Cup, is in Group D along with Poland and the Netherlands.

Defending European champion Italy beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 at home.

Davide Frattesi scored the only goal with a neat volley from inside the area in the 38th minute in Empoli.

Italy won Euro 2020 but missed out on qualifying for the last two World Cups. It begins its Euro 2024 campaign on Saturday against Albania. The other teams in Group B are Spain and Croatia. Spain routed Northern Ireland 5-1 on Saturday, while Croatia defeated Portugal 2-1.

Also Sunday, Slovakia routed Wales 4-0 with goals from Juraj Kucka, Robert Bozenik and Laszlo Benes, as well as an own goal by Ethan Ampadu, intensifying the pressure on Wales manager Rob Page.

Slovakia will start its Euro 2024 campaign on June 17 against Belgium. Group E's other teams are Romania and Ukraine.

Montenegro lost 3-1 at home to Georgia, which is in Group F with Portugal, Türkiye and Czech Republic.

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Lautaro Martínez Scores Twice and Argentina Playing without Messi Beats Peru 2-0 to End Group Play

Lautaro Martínez (2-R) of Argentina takes a shot on goal against Peru during the CONMEBOL Copa America 2024 group A match between Argentina and Peru, in Miami, Florida, USA, 29 June 2024. (EPA)
Lautaro Martínez (2-R) of Argentina takes a shot on goal against Peru during the CONMEBOL Copa America 2024 group A match between Argentina and Peru, in Miami, Florida, USA, 29 June 2024. (EPA)
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Lautaro Martínez Scores Twice and Argentina Playing without Messi Beats Peru 2-0 to End Group Play

Lautaro Martínez (2-R) of Argentina takes a shot on goal against Peru during the CONMEBOL Copa America 2024 group A match between Argentina and Peru, in Miami, Florida, USA, 29 June 2024. (EPA)
Lautaro Martínez (2-R) of Argentina takes a shot on goal against Peru during the CONMEBOL Copa America 2024 group A match between Argentina and Peru, in Miami, Florida, USA, 29 June 2024. (EPA)

Lautaro Martínez scored twice and Argentina, playing without the injured Lionel Messi, wrapped up Copa America group play with a 2-0 win over Peru on Saturday night.

A nicely placed through ball from Ángel Di María led to Martínez's first goal in the 47th minute. Martínez was embraced by teammates afterward, then went to hug Messi, who was standing near Argentina's bench.

"I went to hug Leo for everything he means to us," Martínez said through an interpreter.

Martínez doubled Argentina’s lead in the 86th minute and now has a tournament-leading four goals.

"Every time I wear this shirt I enjoy it," Martínez said. "Many want to wear this shirt. I work to show the coach that I am ready to play when he needs me."

Messi did not play as he nurses a leg injury suffered in Argentina’s 1-0 victory over Chile on Tuesday that clinched a quarterfinal berth for the defending champions. Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni was also absent after being suspended because of his team’s late second-half return to the pitch in its previous two Copa matches.

Saturday, the Albiceleste walked out for the second half just a few seconds before Peru.

Argentina assistant Walter Samuel, who took Scaloni's place, said after the match that Messi is still day to day.

"I talked to him, and he’s getting better," Samuel said through an interpreter, "but it’s been just a couple of days and it’s too early to tell. We want to continue to listen to him and the doctors."

Playing with nine changes to its starting lineup, Argentina controlled possession (74%) for the third straight match and had six shots on goal, while being held scoreless in the first half for the third straight match.

The game was played in front of about 64,000 fans at the Miami Dolphins' Hard Rock Stadium, which will also host the final on July 14. Most fans cheered for Argentina while wearing different versions of Messi's No. 10 jersey.

Canada played Chile to a scoreless draw in another Group A match on Saturday in Orlando, Florida, to also advance to the next round, which will be the country's first Copa America quarterfinal.

Argentina will learn its knockout stage opponent when Group B finishes on Sunday. Group leader Venezuela plays Jamaica at Austin, Texas, and second-place Ecuador plays Mexico at Glendale, Arizona.

Argentina will face the runner-up of Group B on Thursday at Houston.

Nicolás Tagliafico appeared to score for Argentina in the 55th minute after tapping in the ball at the back post, but the officials ruled that goaltender Pedro Gallese, who made four saves, was blocked and the goal was disallowed.

Argentina had another chance when the team was awarded a penalty after a handball in the box by Jesús Castillo. But Leandro Paredes blasted the ball into the right post, and the score remained 1-0.

Argentina, aiming for a record 16th Copa America title, won all three of its matches in group play. Goaltender Emiliano Martínez did not allow a goal in the round and made six saves. Argentina hoisted the championship trophy in 2021 after beating Brazil 1-0 in the title game.

Peru was held without a goal Saturday for the third game of the tournament and has no goals in 11 of its last 14 matches. Peru played a scoreless draw against Chile in its Copa America opener, then lost 1-0 to Canada. The team reached the semifinals in 2021 before losing to Brazil.

"I believe that Peru’s performance today was the weakest of all three games," Peru coach Jorge Fossati said through an interpreter.