Kylian Mbappe was once in wonderful shape as France cruised previous Poland of their FIFA World Cup 2022 fixture in Doha, on Sunday. The PSG famous person first assisted Oliver Giroud for France’s opening objective after which adopted it up with two stunning objectives to take his facet to the quarter-finals. Meanwhile, Robert Lewandowski scored Poland’s comfort objective as France went directly to seal a three–1 win.
After his brace, Mbappe broke Pele’s long-standing World Cup list of maximum objectives scored by way of a males’s participant earlier than turning 24-years-old. Now, the Frenchman stands one forward of Pele’s tally of 8 objectives. He additionally overtook the past due Diego Maradona and Cristiano Ronaldo within the listing of maximum objectives scored in World Cup historical past. He now stands tied along Lionel Messi with 9 objectives.
With the ranking stage at 0–0, Mbappe slid in a via ball for Giroud within the Forty fourth-minute, who positioned it within the bottom-right nook to offer France the lead. Until the 74th-minute, it gave the impression of Poland would equalize however Mbappe took issues into his personal palms and greater France’s lead. Giroud launched Dembele on a counter assault, who reduce within from the suitable flank to feed Mbappe in area. The 23-year-old took a slightly after which drove a right-footed strike previous Szczesny, expanding his facet’s result in 2-0.
Then he finished his brace within the first minute of extra time, receiving a cross from Lilian Thuram, after which powering a right-footed strike into the top-right nook for a surprising objective.
Here is the video of Mbappe’s lend a hand and brace:
France will now face England of their quarter-final fixture, on the Al Bayt Stadium. England secured a three–0 win vs Senegal, with objectives from Jordan Henderson (38′), Harry Kane (45+3′) and Bukayo Saka (57′).