New Delhi. In the FIFA World Cup 2026, France once again showed its mettle and secured a place in the knockout round by defeating Iraq 3 0. In this match played in Philadelphia, even rain and bad weather could not reduce the excitement of the game and France remained dominant throughout the match. The biggest hero of this victory was (Kylian Mbappé) who scored two goals and gave the team an easy victory.
France played aggressively from the beginning of the match. Mbappe gave the team the lead by scoring the first goal in the 14th minute. After this, the Iraqi team kept trying to recover but the pressure from France continued to increase. In the 54th minute of the second half, Mbappe scored another goal making the score 2 0. This goal was scored by taking advantage of a mistake by the Iraqi defender, in which Mbappe displayed excellent speed and accurate finishing.
After this, Osman Dembele sealed France’s victory by scoring the third goal. With this victory, France not only made it to the knockout round but also proved that it is among the strongest contending teams of this tournament.
This match was also in discussion because of the weather. After the first half, the match had to be stopped for about two hours due to heavy rain and storm warning. It was challenging to restart the game due to waterlogging on the field, but after the hard work of the ground staff, the match restarted and France maintained its rhythm.
This match was even more special for Mbappe because it was his 100th international match. At this important stage of his career, he made it memorable by scoring two goals. With this performance he took his number of goals in the World Cup to 16 and left behind many legends.
With this achievement, Mbappe equaled Germany’s Miroslav Klose and left Brazil’s legend Ronaldo behind. Now ahead of him is only Argentina captain Lionel Messi who has 18 World Cup goals in his name.
This match was disappointing for the Iraq team. The team’s main striker Aymen Hussain was forced to leave the field due to injury, which weakened the team’s offensive capability. For Iraq, this was only the second time in the World Cup and after this defeat, their journey ahead has become very difficult.
On the other hand, Norway has also made it to the knockouts from Group I. The match in this group was very exciting in which Norway defeated Senegal 3 2. Erling Haaland scored two goals while Marcus Pedersen scored one goal in Norway’s victory. Ismaila Sar scored both goals for Senegal.
In this way, both France and Norway have entered the knockouts and now the race for the title has become even more interesting in the upcoming matches.
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