Thursday, May 2, 2024

Mbappe, record-breaker Giroud fire France into quarter-finals

France maintained their dreams of winning back-to-back World Cups after beating Poland 3-1.

Olivier Giroud became France’s outright all-time top scorer and Kylian Mbappe scored two brilliant goals before Poland got a consolation goal from a Robert Lewandowski penalty in the final minute.

France dominated the first half as they pushed for an opening goal and the deadlock was broken when Mbappe played a pin-point ball through to Giroud, who hammered it past a diving Wojciech Szczesny to claim a record 52nd goal.

The defending champions continued to press after the break and doubled their lead when Mbappe fired a shot from just inside the penalty area that shot into the top corner in the 74th minute.

But Mbappe was not done, adding a second goal in stoppage time with another screamer to seal the win and take his total for the tournament to five.

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