France ahead Kylian Mbappe equalled Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo’s World Cup tally of eight objectives with a strike within the 74th minute towards Poland within the spherical of 16 conflict of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on Sunday.
Mbappe had scored 4 objectives in his debut World Cup marketing campaign in 2018 when France gained the title in Russia. His first objective towards Peru in that event made him the youngest French goalscorer in World Cup historical past on the age of 19 years.
At the continuing version, the 23-year-old matched his tally from 4 years in the past with a right-footed roller to beat a diving Polish goalkeeper Wozciech Szczesny and provides France 2-0 lead. The objective made Mbappe the only real chief within the Golden Boot race.
Mbappe opened his account in Qatar with a objective within the first group match towards Australia. He adopted it with a brace to guide defending champion to a 2-1 win over Denmark second group match and ensure a spot within the spherical of 16. In the ultimate group stage fixture which France misplaced 0-1 to Tunisia, Mbappe was introduced onto the pitch instead by coach Didier Deschamps within the 63rd minute.
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