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Kylian Mbappé scored doubly to determination past Pelé and Lionel Messi with 14 World Cup goals, Bradley Barcola added different and France rebounded from a amazingly mediocre archetypal fractional to bushed Senegal 3-1 connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026).
Mbappé had 14 touches successful the scoreless archetypal half, the fewest of immoderate player, past showed his brilliance erstwhile helium enactment Les Bleus up successful the 66th minute. After Jules Kounde and Michael Olise doubly exchanged passes connected the close flank, Olise made a diagonal walk arsenic Mbappé burst past Senegal skipper Kalidou Koulibaly.
Mbappé turned onto the shot conscionable extracurricular the 6-yard container and slid it past Édouard Mendy and wrong the acold post.
Barcola entered successful the 80th and scored 2 minutes aboriginal erstwhile helium ran onto a done shot from Adrien Rabiot, took a interaction and lifted the shot past Mendy for his 4th planetary goal.
Ibrahim Mbaye scored connected an angled changeable for Senegal 5 minutes into stoppage time. Mbappé past had a spectacular long-range extremity a infinitesimal later, implicit Mendy's outstretched limb and conscionable nether the crossbar.
Mbappé moved 1 up of Messi and Just Fontaine connected the World Cup vocation scoring database and is tied with Gerd Müller, trailing lone Brazil’s Ronaldo (15) and Germany's Miroslav Klose (16). Mbappé besides acceptable a French grounds with 58 planetary goals, 1 much than Olivier Giroud.
Trying to scope its 3rd consecutive World Cup final, France plays Iraq connected Monday successful Philadelphia, past closes Group I connected June 26 against Norway astatine Foxborough, Massachusetts. Senegal meets Norway connected Monday astatine MetLife and finishes the archetypal circular against Iraq astatine Toronto.
