Although the illustrious friendly clash between two one-time World Cup winners France and Spain largely failed to capture the imagination of the sell-out Stade de France crowd on Tuesday night in Paris, Kylian Mbappe’s full international debut succeeded.

Video refereeing helping referee Felix Zwayer to rule out a second half Antoine Griezmann header.

Rule in a Gerard Deulofeu effort was about the extent of the excitement when the 18-year-old Monaco sensation was not on the ball in his 65 minutes of action in the 2-0 defeat.

Mbappe hails from the suburb of Bondy, not far from Saint-Denis where Les Bleus play most of their home matches, and immediately looked at home in Didier Deschamps’ starting XI.

Part of a front three that also featured Atletico Madrid pair Antoine Griezmann and Kevin Gameiro.