French forward Kylian Mbappé (right) delighted coach Didier Deschamps (left) with his performance.
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Twenty-two-year-old Mbappé scored a hat-trick in the sixth to 32nd minutes at his home stadium in Princes’ Park. After changing sides, he scored a record with one of Karim Benzema’s two hits. Adrien Rabiot and Antoine Griezmann had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch – his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. Mbappé then set the final score.
“He spent a beautiful evening in efficiency. He can score goals. He even improves in the game with his head. He thinks like a perfectionist. Everything he does drives his opponents crazy. Thanks to the team, he has shown all his art and current form. would score five goals. He was on the ball a lot, “Deschampse quoted Le Parisien as saying. “He always had freedom on the field. He also defended when needed. He can do anything.”
Footballers from Belgium and France have become other participants in the World Cup
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The reigning world champions and winners of the second year of the League of Nations have an unbeatable four-point lead over Group D in Finland. It will be in Helsinki that the qualifying battle will end on Wednesday. “It’s a success. There was a beautiful atmosphere on the pitch in connection with the spectators. It sounds like a perfect evening. Kazakhstan hasn’t collected much before. We played so well that they suffered,” said the coach.
“Les Bleus” will perform at the fourteenth grand tournament in a row. Deschamps will lead France in the fifth of them. “I am proud of the players. They have the talent and the right approach. We are doing things right and we are still among the best teams,” said Deschamps, who as a captain led the team to triumph at the 1998 World Cup and two years later at the Euro.
Paris commemorated six years since the terrorist attacks. “We can’t forget. It’s an indelible stain, even bigger for families. Don’t let it happen again. It’s our duty to remember that La Marseillaise was breathtaking,” the coach said.
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