Mbappe on the front foot as France draw with U.S.

Soccer Football - International Friendly - France vs USA - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - June 9, 2018 France's Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring their first goal with Nabil Fekir REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot

LYON, France (Reuters) - Kylian Mbappe showed his class again as he salvaged a 1-1 home draw for France in their final World Cup warm-up game, against the United States on Saturday.

Mbappe, who was a permanent threat, found the back of the net in the late stages to cancel out Julian Green's first-half opener, with Didier Deschamps's team lacking energy after a demanding physical preparation.

France start their World Cup campaign against Australia in Group C in one week before taking on Peru and Denmark.

Soccer Football - International Friendly - France vs USA - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - June 9, 2018 France's Olivier Giroud in action with USA's Cameron Carter-Vickers REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot

They enjoyed most of the possession against the U.S. in Lyon but lacked speed, with the exception of Mbappe.

"It's always best to win but it's a warm-up game and we lacked a bit of juice. We had a lot of opportunities against a team who left us little space", said Deschamps.

"We regained the upper hand near the end."

Soccer Football - International Friendly - France vs USA - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - June 9, 2018 USA's Antonee Robinson and Weston McKennie in action with France's Paul Pogba REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot

"I've been improving steadily in the last three matches and tonight I did what I was supposed to do, I was decisive," said Mbappe.

Paul Pogba, who has been heavily criticised after several under-par performances, started and put on a good display.

Les Bleus had a clear chance in the 21st minute when Mbappe's glorious through ball was collected by Antoine Griezmann, whose crossed shot shaved the far post.

Soccer Football - International Friendly - France vs USA - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - June 9, 2018 France's Antoine Griezmann shoots wide under pressure from USA's Matt Miazga REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot

Djibril Sidibe failed to cleanly clear the ball and Green surged into the area to fire past Hugo Lloris on the stroke of halftime.

Striker Olivier Giroud was substituted by Ousmande Dembele shortly before the hour with blood on his forehead after a collision with Matt Miazga.

Mbappe came close with a curled free kick in the 69th, just before Griezmann was substituted by Nabil Fekir.

Soccer Football - International Friendly - France vs USA - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - June 9, 2018 USA's Julian Green celebrates with team mates after scoring their first goal REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot

The Paris St Germain striker was more accurate in the 78th minute when he latched on to a perfect cross from Benjamin Pavard, who with Lucas Hernandez made a strong impression in the second half as fullback after Djibril Sidibe and Benjamin Mendy failed to impress before the break.

Fekir's fine free kick was parried away by Zack Steffen in spectacular fashion 10 minutes from time as France found a second wind in the closing stages.

Soccer Football - International Friendly - France vs USA - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - June 9, 2018 France's Kylian Mbappe in action REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot

(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Clare Fallon)

Soccer Football - International Friendly - France vs USA - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - June 9, 2018 France's Olivier Giroud receives medical attention REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot

Soccer Football - International Friendly - France vs USA - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - June 9, 2018 France's Paul Pogba in action with USA's Tyler Adams REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot

Soccer Football - International Friendly - France vs USA - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - June 9, 2018 France's Kylian Mbappe scores their first goal REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot

Soccer Football - International Friendly - France vs USA - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - June 9, 2018 France's Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot

Soccer Football - International Friendly - France vs USA - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - June 9, 2018 France's Corentin Tolisso and USA's Joshua Sargent after the match REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot