The France team This Tuesday, June 16, they beat Senegal 3-1 after a good second half, in which the star Kylian Mbappé unclogged a thick game for the Gauls, who in the first half showed a lack of ideas in the center of the field, but also the gunpowder they have in attack with the attacker of the Real Madrid.
Mbappé put the Gauls ahead with a good cross shot after a pass from Michael Olise to score his thirteenth goal in a World Cup. Subsequently, Bradley Barcola scored the second and, after a crazy finish in which Ibrahim Mbaye discounted, the merengue striker scored again to ensure the victory of the world runner-up.
With this last score, Mbappé equaled the German Gerd Müller, with 14 goals in World Cups, and was only behind the German Miroslav Klose, with 16 annotations, and the Brazilian Ronaldo Nazáriowith 15. Therefore, everything seems to indicate that the Madrid star will very soon become the top scorer of the history of the tournament.
Given this scenario, the French technical director, Didier Deschampswill not hold anything back in the next two group stage matches and will surely line up the trident formed by Ousmane DembeleDésiré Doue and Kylian Mbappé, in search of the third World Cup star for the France team, runners-up in 2022.
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France took over possession from the first minute and Mbappé tried to connect with the rest of the team while trying to neutralize any possible Senegalese transition. It was then that Aurélien Tchouaméni inserted himself between the centre-backs to help get the ball out and allow the full-backs to join the attack.
Unfortunately for those led by Deschamps, the first half hour of play showed a French team thick and more conservative than expected. However, after the break, the Gauls stepped on the accelerator and Dayot Upamecano began to connect poisonous passes with Desiré Doué, who continued to insist on attack.
Mbappé finally appeared in the 57th minute, in a play on the right in which he was about to cause a penalty after an entry Sadio Mane that the referee did not sanction. However, a few plays later the Real Madrid attacker’s goal finally arrived, which he defined first and crossed after a great assist from Michael Olise.
The Senegalese could not find a way to tie and, against masterfully executed by Bradley Barcola, who had just entered the field of play, France scored the second goal in the 82nd minute. In this way, everything seemed to indicate that the match would end 2-0 and that the first points of the group would be for the Gauls.
Mbappé: France’s all-time top scorer
Kylian Mbappé became this 16 June became the top scorer in France’s history after scoring two goals against Senegal in the match that closed the first day of Group I of the World Cup, since, just one minute after the Senegalese scored a goal, the Real Madrid star scored a powerful shot to end the match.
The French striker now adds 58 goals with the French team in 99 matcheswhich surpassed Olivier Giroudwho scored 57 points in the 137 matches who disputed with the Bleus. Given this scenario, the next record that the former player of the Paris Saint-Germain He will be the top scorer in the World Cups.