France beat Poland 3-1 to keep their dreams of winning back-to-back World Cups alive. It was a game that saw two players reach historic milestones.
Olivier Giroud became France’s outright all-time top scorer and Kylian Mbappe scored two brilliant goals before Poland got a consolation goal from a Robert Lewandowski penalty in the final minute.
France dominated the first half as they pushed for an opening goal and the deadlock was broken when Mbappe played a pin-point ball through to Giroud, who hammered it past a diving Wojciech Szczesny to claim a record 52nd goal.
The defending champions continued to press after the break and doubled their lead when Mbappe fired a shot from just inside the penalty area that shot into the top corner in the 74th minute.
But Mbappe was not done, adding a second goal in stoppage time with another screamer to seal the win and take his total for the tournament to five.
Mbappe now has nine world cup goals, one ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and equal with Messi.
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