France were happy to be back home in the first game at the Stade de France since November’s attacks on Paris as they defeated Russia 4-2.
Leicester’s N’Golo Kante opened the scoring on nine minutes before Andre-Pierre Gignac doubled the lead.
Alexander Kokorin got a goal back for Russia after the break, but Dimitri Payet restored the two-goal advantage from a spectacular free kick.
Russia kept fighting and scored through Yuri Zhirkov in the 68th minute but Kingsley Coman sealed matters in the 76th with France’s fourth of the day.
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