{"id":1289522,"date":"2022-11-26T18:15:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T18:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1289522"},"modified":"2022-11-26T18:32:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T18:32:23","slug":"france-2-1-denmark-mbappe-equals-zidane-to-send-les-bleus-as-first-through","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/france-2-1-denmark-mbappe-equals-zidane-to-send-les-bleus-as-first-through\/","title":{"rendered":"France 2-1 Denmark: Kylian Mbappe equals Zinedine Zidane to send Les Bleus as first through"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>World champions France took another step towards defending their crown in Qatar as they ran out 2-1 winners over Denmark at Stadium 974 in Doha this evening.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Didier Deschamps&#8217; men, who became the first round of 16 participants, head into the knockout phase as Group D winners. Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, as he&#8217;s often been on so many occasions, was the difference-maker bagging a brace that saw him equal Zinedine Zidane on France&#8217;s all-time scorers&#8217; list with 31 goals.<\/p>\n<p>After huffing and puffing for the better part of an hour Mbapp\u00e9 eventually broke the deadlock following a neat one-two with Theo Hernandez who started today&#8217;s showdown in place of brother Lucas whose tournament is over after sustaining a ligament injury during their 4-1 win against Australia earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>Equally standing out was Aurelien Tchouameni; the 22-year-old Real Madrid defensive midfielder was effortless when retaining and recycling possession helping France control the game&#8217;s tempo and restricting Kasper Hjulmand&#8217;s side to minimal chances in open play, but their (against the run of play) equaliser came from a corner.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Eriksen&#8217;s delivery was met by Joachim Andersen who flicked a header towards the six-yard box where Andreas Christensen converted a headed finish. It shouldn&#8217;t come as a surprise given how set-pieces were a huge part of Denmark&#8217;s success at last year&#8217;s Euros. But you can&#8217;t keep a would-be future Ballon d&#8217;Or recipient down. Antoine Griezmann&#8217;s cross in the 86th minute found Mbapp\u00e9, who got in between Kristensen and Schmeichel, to bundle in his third goal of this World Cup finals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kylian Mbapp\u00e9&#39;s game by numbers vs Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>90.32% passing accuracy<br \/>57 touches<br \/>10 touches in opp. box<br \/>6 touches<br \/>5 duels won<br \/>4 shots on target<br \/>3 chances created<br \/>2 goals<\/p>\n<p>He really is that guy. \u26a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lGRgzysVPb\">pic.twitter.com\/lGRgzysVPb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Squawka (@Squawka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Squawka\/status\/1596565649127800832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This effort goal means Mbapp\u00e9 becomes only the second player to reach seven World Cup goals before the age of 25. The other? That would be none other than Pele. &#8220;What a player, what a superstar,&#8221; Alan Shearer commented on BBC Radio 5 Live.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He made the difference tonight. They were asked the question when Denmark got back into the game, what have you got? Didier Deschamps made a couple of changes and they worked perfectly. When you&#8217;ve got that guy in your team in the form that he&#8217;s in &#8211; he looks so comfortable and confident in front of goal &#8211; you&#8217;ve got a chance. He won the game for them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mbappe subsequently becomes France&#8217;s second-top scorer in World Cup history with seven, despite this only being his second tournament. However, the man he trails, Just Fontaine, only played at one World Cup. Fontaine scored a crazy 13 goals across six games in 1958.<\/p>\n<!-- Shortcode [midnite-england-offer] does not exist -->\n<p>Consequently, who joins France hangs in the balance heading into the final round of fixtures. Australia, the Danes and Tunisia can all still go through. <em>Les Bleus<\/em> now face Tunisia with the <em>Eagles of Carthage<\/em> knowing they must win to have any chance of making the knockout rounds. Deschamps will be pleased that progression was settled today meaning there&#8217;s an opportunity for key players to rest on matchday three.<\/p>\n<!-- Shortcode [world-cup-2022-read-more] does not exist -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World champions France took another step towards defending their crown in Qatar as they ran out 2-1 winners over Denmark at Stadium 974 in Doha this evening. Didier Deschamps&#8217; men, who became the first round of 16 participants, head into the knockout phase as Group D winners. 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