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Albania vs. France: Score, Grades and Reaction from International Friendly

Albania shocked France during Saturday's international friendly, beating the giants of European football 1-0 following a fantastic performance from the hosts.

Ergys Kace scored the only goal of the match, a beautiful first-half free-kick, but Albania could have had more goals and were unfortunate to run into Hugo Lloris, one of the few France internationals who actually played up to standard.

France have now lost back-to-back friendlies in embarrassing fashion, dropping their last match against Belgium 4-3. Les Bleus had never lost to Albania before.

Olivier Giroud picked up a minor knock earlier this week and was expected to sit out this friendly, but as shared by Le Parisien's Julien Laurens, the Arsenal striker managed to make the starting XI:

France lining up in 4-2-3-1 formation with Lacazette on the right, Payet in the centre and Griezmann on the left behind Giroud.