Matchday LIVE: England face Austria while France take on Wales in Euro 2020 warm-up friendlies

An eventful night of friendlies, mostly so for England who will now have to sweat out an injury to Trent Alexander-Arnold. France, meanwhile, head to the Euros in good form, while Germany and the Netherlands still have some work to do. Until next time!&nbsp;

Goodbye for now!

Bukayo Saka had quite a season with Arsenal, but he says Wednesday was the best day of his career so far. The Gunners starlet scored his first England goal, leading the way in a win over Austria. "Probably the biggest moment of my career so far, the biggest moment was getting called up for England the first time and now to score the goal it sounds nice, it's an amazing feeling for me," he told BBC Radio 5 Live. "You dream of that as a kid, scoring for your country, coming through the age groups with England so to now do it here and score for the seniors it's an amazing feeling and I hope I can have this feeling many more times. "Every game is an opportunity to grow in confidence and chemistry with my team-mates so today is another step in the right direction. "It's a big honour to be named in the final squad, grateful to Gareth [Southgate], happy that I get the opportunity to represent my country in a major tournament so I'm looking forward to it a lot."

Saka: The biggest moment of my career so far

What a performance from France tonight... and they did it without Kante! <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> FT: 🇫🇷 France 3-0 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ⚽ Mbappe 35' ⚽ Griezmann 48' ⚽ Dembele 79' <a href="https://t.co/xFb33g5jkl">pic.twitter.com/xFb33g5jkl</a> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1400194632626102275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Tournament favourites?

Germany struggled yet again as Joachim Low marches towards his last tournament in charge, and the longtime coach says his team is still not a cohesive united. "We didn't allow much at the back, but we made life a bit difficult for ourselves," he said.&nbsp;"We now have to have a few intensive sessions before the Latvia game, especially in the tactical area. "The standard positions can be improved, defensively and offensively we still have to practise a few procedures. Some running routes weren't right, that's still the issue."

Low reflects on another poor result for Germany

Jack Grealish has revealed how he celebrated his England call-up. "Unbelievable, something I will cherish forever," he told BBC. "I rang my mum straight away to tell her I'm number seven for the tournament. "It was a massive moment, I'm going to grab it with both hands."

Grealish: I rang my mum right away!

"Good, very good," Benzema told TF1 after making his first France start in six years. "I had very good feelings, with a good week of work. I'm getting stronger. It was a difficult season, with the repetition of the matches. I felt good, I went up in strength, and it bodes well for the future."

Benzema on his return

Roy Keane was full of praise for Jack Grealish after England's win. He said on ITV: "He is the star man, he makes things happen. He has courage and always wants the ball in tight areas. Like Cristiano Ronaldo at Portugal, you need players like that in your team. It is brave."

Keane compares Grealish to... Ronaldo?

Karim Benzema's return to the France squad was ruined by a missed penalty, but Didier Deschamps isn't worried. "Karim was unfortunate, but he was very present," the France boss told TF1. "A goal would have pleased him, and me too, but if he saves them for later... It was an important moment for him. Afterwards, he is part of a collective in relation to the way he plays. "&nbsp;

Deschamps: Benzema can save his goals for later

"We're going to have a look. It's not good to see him come off in the way he did," the England boss told ITV. "We'll have to assess him over the next 24 hours. I think thigh but the medical team are assessing him. We'll have to see. It's not a good sign to see him have to walk off as he did. We'll know more in 24 to 48 hours."

Southgate on Alexander-Arnold: It's not good

Following England's win, Jack Grealish confessed that he's concerned after seeing Trent Alexander-Arnold suffer an apparent injury. &nbsp;"I am not sure what has happened,"he told ITV, "and it did not look good as he made his way off the pitch." Grealish is only just coming back from an injury of his own, and the Aston Villa midfielder says he's starting to regain his fitness ahead of the Euros. &nbsp;"It has been a great few days," he said, "Announced in the final squad was hard work for all the season and that was my aim. I have had an injury recently but to get 70 minutes under my belt is perfect. "It was a bit of stress on my shin, a different type of injury but I am not concerned. I still need to keep on top of it and heel it after games that is why I had the ice one."

Grealish: Alexander-Arnold injury did not look good

Netherlands 2-2 Scotland Romania 1 -2 Georgia England 1-0 Austria Germany 1-1 Denmark France 3-0 Wales

Final scores across Europe

Full time as German have to settle for a 1-1 draw with Denmark. Neuhaus with the goal for the Germans with Poulsen netting an equalizer later on for the Danes to earn a confidence-building result.&nbsp;

Germany 1 -1 Denmark

Ousmane Dembele is the latest French forward to get a goal as he makes it 3-0 for the 2018 World Cup winners.

France make it three

Awful news for Southgate and England as Alexander-Arnold has limped off with just minutes left in the Three Lions' friendly.&nbsp;

Alexander-Arnold limps off

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> Bukayo Saka’s week: - Arsenal player of the season nomination - PFA young player of the season nomination - Named in the England squad for Euro 2020 - Scores his first England goal 🔥🔥🔥 <a href="https://t.co/PcB3yp5Y8f">pic.twitter.com/PcB3yp5Y8f</a> — Charles Watts (@charles_watts) <a href="https://twitter.com/charles_watts/status/1400190384383434760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

And a solid week for Saka as well!

Quite a week for Billy Gilmour who, after lifting the Champions League with Chelsea over the weekend, is on for his Scotland debut.&nbsp; <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> Saturday: Wins Champions League 🏆 Wednesday: Makes Scotland debut 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Not a bad few days for Billy Gilmour! ⭐ <a href="https://t.co/02evQqJQXr">pic.twitter.com/02evQqJQXr</a> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1400190799036534790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Big week for Gilmour

The Lyon man is at it again as he has seemingly resued a draw for the Netherlands. Second goal of the day for Memphis, who has the Dutch level with Scotland at 2-2. <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> Memphis Depay saves the Netherlands with this lovely free-kick 🚀 <a href="https://t.co/gPGtMzdmLF">pic.twitter.com/gPGtMzdmLF</a> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1400189438328725509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Late equalizer from Memphis!

An absolutely lovely through ball from Christian Eriksen, who sets up Yussuf Poulsen for the forward's eighth international goal.&nbsp; With that goal, it's now 1-1 as Denmark have stormed back against Germany.&nbsp;

What an assist from Eriksen!

🥇 5️⃣1️⃣ goals: Thierry Henry 🥈 4️⃣4️⃣ goals: Olivier Giroud 🥉 4️⃣1️⃣ goals: Michel Platini 🔼 3️⃣6️⃣ goals: Antoine Griezmann

Griezmann making his way up the France leaderboard

Griezmann has bagged himself a goal too, firing a lovely curler to the top left corner to double France's lead.&nbsp;

And a goal for France!

The goals are starting to fly in, and this one will be a memorable one. Bukayo Saka has given England the 1-0 lead by scoring his first senior international goal.&nbsp;

Saka scores for England!

A difficult day for the Netherlands as Scotland are back in the lead! Kevin Nisbet with the goal this time around as Frank de Boer's side now trail 2-1.&nbsp;

Scotland take the lead!

A scrappy one for the Germans, but they'll take it! Ball looped into the box nearly falls to Kimmich, who can't get it out from under his feet, but it falls to Neuhaus for what really was a simple finish. No chance for Schmeichel in goal and it's 1-0 to Germany just moments into the second half.&nbsp;

Goal Germany!

Only three goals across five games as we head into halftime. <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> 🇳🇱 Netherlands 1-1 Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇷🇴 Romania 0-0 Georgia 🇬🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 0-0 Austria 🇦🇹 🇩🇪 Germany 0-0 Denmark 🇩🇰 🇫🇷 France 1-0 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 😴 — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1400179735381131275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Halftime scores

France are in the lead, and who else could have gotten them there? Kylian Mbappe has scored the opening goal in the 35th minute as Les Bleus now have a 1-0 advantage over Wales. <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> Kylian Mbappe moves above Franck Ribery on France's top scorers list with his 17th goal for Les Bleus 🇫🇷 <a href="https://t.co/wNXgajfVMm">pic.twitter.com/wNXgajfVMm</a> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1400178044728393731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Goal Mbappe!

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> 3 - Karim Benzema has now missed each of his last three penalties for France, with the other two before tonight coming in 2014 against Switzerland at the World Cup, and Sweden in a friendly. Vindication? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FRAWAL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FRAWAL</a> — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) <a href="https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/1400174550269280257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Seven years later, Benzema's penalty struggles continue

Nearly a perfect return to international football for Mats Hummels, who follows the lead of Muller and Benzema by missing. Eventful starts for the returning stars.

And now Hummels misses!

Penalty for France thanks to a handball from Neco Williams, who is sent off for the offense. However, Karim Benzema steps up and misses from the spot as he's off to a sour start to his return with Les Bleus.&nbsp; <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> Karim Benzema's penalty is saved by Danny Ward ❌ <a href="https://t.co/I8arhgFgvi">pic.twitter.com/I8arhgFgvi</a> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1400175387267813379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

It's all happening in France!

A solid enough start for England, who have been in control against Austria. One of the standouts? Trent Alexander-Arnold, who has been very noticeable through the game's first 25 minutes or so.&nbsp;

Lively start for England

Thomas Muller breaks free in the 13th minute but, fortunately for Denmark, his header is right at Kasper Schmeichel.&nbsp;

Chance for Muller!

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> He's back 🇫🇷 <a href="https://t.co/oecUC1GGyU">pic.twitter.com/oecUC1GGyU</a> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1400167874505883654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2021</a></blockquote> </center>

Benz is back, too

Thomas Muller and Mats Hummels are in the Germany lineup for the first time since Joachim Low controversially began excluding them from the national team in 2019. <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/muller-hummels-germany-return-denmark-friendly/1oy0b9lcxzguv1seeclz7t2etc">Read all about their long-awaited return on Goal!</a>

A long-awaited return

Hot start in the Netherlands' clash with Scotland as Memphis Depay makes it 1-1 in the 17th minute.&nbsp; <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> Memphis on the volley 🇳🇱💥 <a href="https://t.co/zeeBlMsgNi">pic.twitter.com/zeeBlMsgNi</a> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1400166875468795911?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Memphis answers back

Norway just scored a last-minute winner agaisnt Luexemborg. We don't need to tell you who scored it. <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> Guess who just scored a last-minute winner for Norway? 🇳🇴 <a href="https://t.co/rFYWBuleuM">pic.twitter.com/rFYWBuleuM</a> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1400165204789432321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Meanwhile in Norway, guess who?

Germany-Denmark, England-Austria and France-Wales have all kicked off.&nbsp;

And we're all underway!

Frank de Boer's side concedes to Scotland just 11 minutes on a Josh Hendry goal. The goal is Hendry's first international goal, and not a bad team to score it against, eh?

Netherlands losing!

The Netherlands have kicked off against Scotland with the other matches soon to follow.

Kickoff in Holland

Despite being cut from England's squad for the Euros, Jesse Lingard has been named to Gareth Southgate's starting XI against Austria.&nbsp; "Jesse has had a good spell with West Ham and is someone who has played so well with England," Southgate said before the game. "We have total trust in the way he plays, he is reliable, a great member of the group."

Southgate explains why Lingard starts

At 17 years and 338 days old, Jude Bellingham is the youngest player to start for England since Wayne Rooney, who was named to the starting XI against Liechtenstein in September 2003 at17 years and 321 days old.

Bellingham becomes youngest England starter since Rooney

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> Germany's team to play Denmark 👇 Like it? <a href="https://t.co/bHNO4qNznb">pic.twitter.com/bHNO4qNznb</a> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1400150690866008067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

No Van Dijk, but still a strong Netherlands squad

Hummels and Muller are back for Germany

Before all of today's games get started, Carlo Ancelotti held his first press conference since returning to Real Madrid, as he discussed the futures of Sergio Ramos, Eden Hazard and Gareth Bale. <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/ancelotti-cant-imagine-real-madrid-without-ramos/1t6k11nl0df1b1se5uwblgep8t">Read the full story on Goal!</a>

Meanwhile in Madrid...

Stick N'Golo Kante in there and you have one of this summer's favourites.&nbsp; <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet">France name their XI for tonight. Griezmann 🤝 Benzema 🤝 Mbappe Good luck, Wales 😳 <a href="https://t.co/zBZJMEaevJ">pic.twitter.com/zBZJMEaevJ</a>— Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1400147391848779776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

An incredible lineup for France

Some familiar faces in the starting XI for Austria, including recent Real Madrid signing David Alaba: Bachmann, Friedl, Hinteregger, Dragovic, Lainer, Laimer, Baumgartner, Schlager, Alaba, Sabitzer, Kalajdzic.

And Austria's XI

<center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Your <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ThreeLions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ThreeLions</a> for tonight's game against Austria! 👊 <a href="https://t.co/rURdM2IWBW">pic.twitter.com/rURdM2IWBW</a>— England (@England) <a href="https://twitter.com/England/status/1400143312426786821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Alexander-Arnold starts for England!

It's taken an extra year, but the Euros are nearly upon us! <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> Nine days until Euro 2020 🤩 <a href="https://t.co/fyu0hvbp8s">pic.twitter.com/fyu0hvbp8s</a> — Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1400114443275575296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

The wait is almost over!

The road towards the Euros is officially underway as several of Europe's top teams are in action today with pre-tournament friendlies.&nbsp; Fresh off naming his right-back filled 26-man squad for the Euros, Gareth Southgate and England are set to face off with Austria, while reigning world champions France are set to take on Wales in what could be Karim Benzema's true return to Les Bleus. Elsewhere, Germany are set to face Denmark while the Netherlands will take on Scotland. A busy day to help kickstart a busy summer&nbsp;- and you can follow it all right here!

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