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Captain Kylian Mbappe became France’s all-time leading men’s scorer with a double against Senegal as they ran out 3-1 winners.
Mbappe, who went into the game on 56 goals, beat the game previously held by Olivier Giroud at 57 and moved to 58 goals thanks to his double against Senegal.
Senegal almost opened he scoring twice in the first half when Nicolas Jackson’s effort smashed off a post and Ismaila Sarr fired over the bar on the cusp of half-time.
A controversial moment around the hour mark saw France denied a penalty following a VAR review for Sadio Mane’s challenge on Mbappe, with the on-field decision of no penalty standing.
However, France took charge after the break, with Mbappe scoring in the 66th minute, when he guided Michael Olise’s pass into the bottom corner with a delicate first-time effort.
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Jackson thought he had equalised two minutes later, after firing past the French goalkeeper but was flagged offside.
Only two minutes after coming onto the pitch, Barcola doubled their advantage in the 82nd minute, as he connected with Adrien Rabiot’s clever low pass and chipped the ball over Mendy.
Ibrahim Mbaye pulled one back for Senegal on 95 minutes with a ferocious strike but just one minute later Mbappe had the final say with a stunning long-range strike which flew past Mendy.
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Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland , truly world-class strikers delivering on the big stage where genuine superstars show their class..
We need to start telling ourselves the truth.
Did I hear someone say, Super Eagles?
Well, more like Lame Ducks.
When is osimhen and Super eagles playing guys?????
They are still sleeping. The lame ducks are still nursing their wounds.
Everything worked against our world cup qualification.I would say bad-luck played a huge part.
Ever since,Gernot Rohr was sacked unjustly by the Pinnick led NFF,our regular presence at the world stage experienced a halt.We were punished this time,by having an inept NFF chairman in the person of Gusau.
Injury to our talismanic goalscorer Victor Osimhen means he would miss up to 5 games.Ademola Lookman wasn’t spared as he was left out in the cold after a fallout with his club hierarchy who prevented a move to rivals,Inter Milan. Lookman was excused from the first team and didn’t participate in first team activities,leaving us with an unfit player who couldn’t rise to the occasion when it mattered,and our best striker who couldn’t help us as he was crocked and sadlined..
The appointment of clueless Finidi George by a football authority trying hard to reduce cost,means our world cup hope was dashed!It was a crushing disappointment to the biggest black nation in the world.
Going forward,Eric Chelle must build a new team which plays collective football rather than reliant on an injury prone superstar!Elite individual talent often fails when ego replaces trust,whereas cohesive teams amplifies collective intelligence,distribute effort evenly.It’s not debatable,a highly collaborative collective team will consistently outperform a disconnected group of superstars!
Great point Greenturf.
Perfectly analysed
Greenturf
Bcos of the unfortunate situation of Mola, Osimhen injuries as you rightly mentioned , we were left with Taiwo and Onuachu
They both performed woefully, if am not mistaken if not for Nacho and maybe Ajayi that salvage us a point each from the first 2 matches and then the appointment of Finidi was like a sledge hammer
Really i don’t know what to make out of his short term
Maybe he is super bad or he needed a lil bit of time to start getting things done
So sad… 1 point from possible 6….
Thumbs up Taiwo.
Super Pepeyes of Nigeria.
Bonus before badge.
Bonus before fans.
The Flying Chickens are in full flight in their living rooms, watching the world cup on the telly.
Hahahaha!
I dey play. They are not bad. But they are not super. We should just go back to Green Eagles. That is the best for them.