France dominated attacks from the right wing, Ousmane Dembele managed to make it difficult for Harry Maguire and Lukas Shaw's defense, Aurelien Tchouameni's shot was on target from outside the penalty box using Antoine Griezmann's pass, thus creating the first goal for France. The French midfield played quite aggressively and controlled the game perfectly, while Hugo Lloris made three saves in the first half.

England had several opportunities that could not be exploited, Jude Bellingham and Jordan Henderson were unable to provide measured passes to the attackers, so that no equalizing goals were created in the first half for England.