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06/16 16:13 CDT Kylian Mbapp sparks France with two goals in 3-1 win over
Senegal at the World Cup
Kylian Mbapp sparks France with two goals in 3-1 win over Senegal at the World
Cup
By RONALD BLUM
AP Sports Writer
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) --- Kylian Mbapp scored twice to move past Pel and
Lionel Messi with 14 World Cup goals, Bradley Barcola added another and France
rebounded from a surprisingly poor first half to beat Senegal 3-1 Tuesday.
Mbapp had 14 touches in the scoreless first half, the fewest of any player,
then showed his brilliance when he put Les Bleus ahead in the 66th minute.
After Jules Kounde and Michael Olise twice exchanged passes on the right flank,
Olise made a diagonal pass as Mbapp burst past Senegal captain Kalidou
Koulibaly.
Mbapp turned onto the ball just outside the 6-yard box and slid it past
douard Mendy and inside the far post.
Barcola entered in the 80th and scored two minutes later when he ran onto a
through ball from Adrien Rabiot, took a touch and lifted the ball past Mendy
for his fourth international goal.
Ibrahim Mbaye scored on an angled shot for Senegal five minutes into stoppage
time. Mbapp then had a spectacular long-range goal a minute later, over
Mendy's outstretched arm and just under the crossbar.
Mbapp moved one ahead of Messi and Just Fontaine on the World Cup career
scoring list and is tied with Gerd Mller, trailing only Brazil's Ronaldo (15)
and Germany's Miroslav Klose (16). Mbapp also set a French record with 58
international goals, one more than Olivier Giroud.
Trying to reach its third straight World Cup final, France plays Iraq on Monday
in Philadelphia, then closes Group I on June 26 against Norway at Foxborough,
Massachusetts. Senegal meets Norway on Monday at MetLife and finishes the first
round against Iraq at Toronto.
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