France national team boss Didier Deschamps has warned his players they are in for a tough ride ahead of their post-season international friendlies against Belgium and Albania.

France made it two Euro 2016 wins from two against Albania in Marseille on Wednesday night in Group A after late strikes from Antoine Griezmann and Dimitri Payet.

Host nation France made it two wins from two with two late goals to down Euro 2016 minnows Albania, Here, Sportsmail rates the performances inside the Stade Velodrome.

Dimitri Payet was once again France's most creative and purposeful outlet on Wednesday night, capping a superb display with another goal.

IAN LADYMAN IN MARSEILLE: France made it two Euro wins from two against Albania at the Stade Velodrome on Wednesday night, with late goals from Antoine Griezmann & Dimitri Payet.

Slaven Bilic could not contain his joy when his West Ham player Dimitri Payet scored another late goal for France against Albania, and even climbed on the ITV studio table out of excitement.

Antoine Griezmann has claimed that his late goal for France against Albania enacted some 'revenge' for his disappointing showing in the Euro 2016 opener against Romania.

Albanian police have told a group of home fans to stay away from the World Cup qualifier against Italy. Illyria Elite group was banned from the stadium in northern Albania after 'problems' at Albania's game in Italy in March.

Ian Holloway believes football fans should fight in a cage and it should be televised after Manchester City and Liverpool fans punched, bottled and kicked each other in an ugly Tube bust-up.

EXCLUSIVE: Both Pogba and Lingard have come under scrutiny for their activity across social media sites like Instagram in the last 12 months but Berbatov believes they must express themselves.

Chris Wilder believes he has a potential £50million player on his hands in Ravel Morrison after providing one of English football's unfulfilled talents with a Premier League lifeline.

EXCLUSIVE: The plan is for the former England captain to start training full-time with his new team-mates on Monday, after making his first match-day appearance at Pride Park.

Wayne Rooney was all smiles on Thursday afternoon as he pulled on the Derby County kit for the first time as he prepares to join up with the rest of the squad ahead of their next match.

Wayne Rooney hopes his arrival at Derby can lift the club but is braced for a frustrating month-long wait to make his debut. He officially joined the Sky Bet Championship side as player-coach this week

MATT HUGHES - AHEAD OF THE GAME: This week, Derby County have earmarked Rooney as a future manager, as he joins up with the Championship side for this weekend's home game.

Fourty-four teams from the Premier League and Championship enter the FA Cup third round. Sportsmail provides you with third round draw time today, channel, teams and ball numbers.

Smith also enjoyed three spells as manager of Oxford United where he achieved legendary status at the club after guiding them from Division Three to Division One.

Queens Park Rangers lost ground in the Sky Bet Championship play-off race with a 1-0 defeat at struggling Reading.

Ian Holloway held final talks with Grimsby Town earlier this week before agreeing a contract on Tuesday morning. Holloway's last managerial job was with QPR in 2018.

MATT HUGHES: The FA have offered more live rights for FA Cup matches to the BBC and BT Sport after ending their exclusive deal with betting websites, but only one additional game will be streamed.

Former Premier League striker Bobby Zamora has joined the fight to save his cash-strapped former club. They are losing £100,000 a year and need to figure out a long-term solution.

MATT BARLOW AT THE KIYAN PRINCE FOUNDATION STADIUM: Morgan Fox and Sam Winnall scored as Sheffield Wednesday beat QPR 2-1 to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup.

From Player tantrums, to supporter meltdowns. You can see more drama on deadline day then you do for the entire window previously. Here we look back at the maddest moments ever.

Les Ferdinand has hailed Eberechi Eze as one of the best players he has ever seen and confirmed Crystal Palace wanted to prise him away from QPR in January.

Sportsmail's scout is a top football expert who attends matches each week searching for the next star. 

QPR have announced 'a number of staff' have been placed on furlough leave while non-playing employees at the club - including manager Mark Warburton - have taken a voluntary pay cut.

When Liverpool were last English champions 30 years ago, JOHN BARNES was their brightest star and 13-year-old DANNY MURPHY idolised him from The Kop.

The Riverdale, New York native had on sunglasses and wore protective accessories including a mask and rubber gloves as she stepped out with caution amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Prince Harry and his former actress wife, Meghan, fled the UK earlier this year and are searching for a home in Los Angeles. Stanley Johnson took a swipe in the Saga Magazine.

Harrison Ford has been pictured out for the first time after he got himself trouble again for flying his plane

Gisele Bunchen marked her father's birthday on Friday by posting a throwback image of him walking her down the aisle during her 2009 wedding to Tom Brady.

New details have emerged about the bizarre case of Mary Day who vanished around 40 years ago in Seaside, California.

The presenter, 41, will reportedly cover the wages out of his own pocket, after the staff were informed CBS would no longer pay them, eight weeks after production was halted.

Nomads Canteen, in San Clemente, reopened over the weekend in defiance of California's stay-at-home order. Police were called to the scene but owner Jeff Gourley said he only got a warning.

Zoe Williams, 42, of Caerphilly, South Wales, collapsed and died after arriving in San Francisco with her husband Jason, 45, and their son on the 11-flight from Britain.

California will begin allowing certain 'low risk' retail businesses in the state to reopen as early as Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced at a press conference on Monday.

Ariel Winter was seen running an essential errand on Monday as she took her dog to the vet in Studio City, California.

Frank Capraro, 23, and Desmond McDay, 25, were taken into custody Friday after witnesses called in about boxes that had been dumped on a highway and a K9 detected the odor of marijuana.

Two alpacas from Helen Woodward Animal Center's Pet Encounter Therapy program, Kronk and Kuzco, have been bringing joy to residents at California senior centers.

The 56-year-old Oscar-winning actor has had a visitor - the 31-year-old Arrested Development actress Alia Shawkat who was photographed leaving the star's residence last week.

Goodfellas actor Ray Liotta is keeping himself pumped up during lockdown.

On May 1, protesters in New York, California, Chicago and Philadelphia called for a widespread rent strike to support those tenants who are out of work and unable to pay the rent.

New details have emerged about the bizarre case of Mary Day who vanished around 40 years ago in Seaside, California.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will celebrate Archie Mountbatten-Windsor turning one today with a 'smash cake' and 'Zoom chats with friends and family', a source told People magazine.

Alastair Bonnett examines islands around the world in a fascinating new geography book. British author visits The World, a collection of 300 islands off the coast of Dubai as part of his study.

Dr Imran Sharief, a pulmonologist from Santa Ana California, gave tocilizumab, a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, to severely ill coronavirus patients who were on ventilators.

A report from a cost watchdog estimated that it costs $9.32 to manufacture one 10-day course of remdesivir treatment and that, if proven to save live, it could cost $4,500 per treatment.

A Mexican man detained at a privately-run prison for unlawfully entering the United States says ICE detainees with COVID-19 were reintegrated to the rest of the detention center's population.

The Ridin' Solo singer, 30, and the influencer are said to be isolating together in his Los Angeles mansion, California, during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Sunderland have paid out more than £335,000 to Velez Sarsfield to settle their claim over Ricky Alvarez following a lengthy legal wrangle, the Argentinian club have announced.