Mbappe brace puts France into round of 16
1-0 victory over Tunisia and the nation’s third triumph at the World Cup finals.
Duke’s stellar header in yesterday’s clash at Al Janoub Stadium in Qatar raises
Kylian Mbappe scored two goals and put defending champions France into the knockout stage of the World Cup with a 2-1 win over Denmark yesterday.
Mbappe gave his team the lead
Australian hopes of advancing to the knockout phase for only the second time.
The Socceroos, after losing 4-1 to France in their cup opener, bank three precious points after then jumped acrobatically to guide in the second after a cross from Antoine Griezmann.
Denmark defender Andreas Christensen equalised for his team with a header in the 68th.
Duke’s 23rd-minute goal against the Tunisians.
Another positive result against Denmark and the Australians could follow the feat of the fabled 2006 golden opening game, while the Danes drew 0-0 with Tunisia. Australia beat Tunisia 1-0 earlier yesterday.
With Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema missing from the tournament with a leg injury,
generation in progressing out of the group stage.
And the oft-maligned Duke became just the eighth Socceroo to score at the World Cup.
Tunisia failed to break the