Kylian Mbappe brace puts France in World Cup quarter-finals

Kylian Mbappe’s two second-half goals steered defending champion France to a 3-1 victory over Poland in a Round of 16 match at the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar on Sunday (December 4).

With these two goals, Mbappe took his World Cup goals tally to nine. In the current tournament alone he has scored five goals and is leading the Golden Boot standings.

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Olivier Giroud put France ahead in the 44th minute. In the second half, Mbappe found the back of the net in the 74th minute, and in stoppage time (90+1).

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Poland got a consolation goal via a penalty which was converted by captain Robert Lewandowski in stoppage time (90+9).

No country has repeated as World Cup champion in six decades — since Brazil achieved the feat by claiming consecutive trophies in 1958 and 1962. Italy is the only other nation to have won two straight, in 1934 and 1938.

France’s quarter-final opponent will be either England or Senegal.

(With agency inputs)