World champions France reiterated their quality with an emphatic 7-1 thrashing of Ukraine in Paris, led by a double from veteran striker Olivier Giroud and a second-half special from Kylian Mbappe.
Ukraine’s preparations were thrown into chaos after eight players withdrew from their squad due to coronavirus, leaving Les Bleus to feast on an undermanned opponent.
Real Madrid target Eduardo Camavinga, 17, produced a fine bicycle kick to open the scoring in the rout.
Giroud’s double, in his 100th international appearance, saw him overtake Michel Platini on France’s all-time list for most goals, moving into second behind Thierry Henry.
Meanwhile an under-strength Germany went ahead three times but lost their lead three times against Turkey in a 3-3 draw in Koln.
Julian Draxler, Florian Neuhaus and Luca Waldschmidt all scored for Die Mannschaft, but Turkey kept on fighting, equalising for a third time in stoppage time from Kenan Karaman.
Germany boss Joachim Low may have fielded a weakened side but he will be concerned by his side’s defensive errors and turnovers which led to all three goals conceded.
The Dutch were beaten by Mexico 1-0 in Amsterdam thanks to Raul Jimenez’s 60th minute penalty, leaving new boss Frank de Boer annoyed but he admitted he hadn’t fielded his strongest side either.
European champions Portugal and Spain played out a goalless draw in their Iberian derby in Lisbon, with the hosts hitting the woodwork twice in the second half.
Elsewhere, Croatia came from behind to win 2-1 in Switzerland, Austria beat Greece 2-1, Poland smashed Finland 5-1 thanks to a Kamil Grosicki hat-trick and Italy crushed Moldova 6-0.