Saturday in Paris was not just about qualifying for the 2022 World Cup for France. Les Bleus booked their place in Qatar with no suspense whatsoever, with four goals for Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe in his home stadium in the 8-0 thrashing of Kazakhstan (stream the replay on ESPN+ in the U.S.). But they did more than that.
Six years to the day after a series of coordinated terrorist attacks across Paris -- including at the national stadium while France were playing a match -- killed 130 people and injured more than 400, there was a duty of remembering, of paying tribute and of honouring the memory of those lost on that dreadful night.