November 14, (THEWILL) – Kylian Mbappe scored four goals in France’s 8-0 victory over Kazakhstan, securing the current football champions a spot in the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup competition.
Within the first half-hour, the PSG sensation scored with a controlled volley, then tapped home to an open goal when Kingsley Coman rounded the goalkeeper and squared for him, before securing a trifecta with a powerful header from a Coman centre pass.
Karim Benzema, Mbappe’s striking partner in the French team, scored a brace in the second half, the first from a pull back from Theo Hernandez and the second from an open goal that Mbappe unselfishly squared for him as well.
Mbappe capped the night by running to make Moussa Diaby’s faulty through-ball completely perfect, leaving the defenders flat-footed and scoring another.
France will finish first in Group D, with a four-point lead over Finland, whom they will face in their final match on Tuesday. With three points, Kazakhstan is as the bottom of the group.
The defending champions of the world cup are showing the rest of the world that they have what it takes to mount a stout defense of their trophy and that they have the depth and motivation to carry it out
This is no empty threat as because any club featuring Mbappe can not be dull, how much more when there is Kingsley Coman tearing up the right flank and Theo Hernandez as a dynamic force on the left, and, most especially, with Benzema’s late-career form and Griezmann back to his best, they are sure to be the most fascinating team in Qatar.
Because N’Golo Kante and Adrien Rabiot are on the team, these attack-minded players can afford to have a good time. They have a good chance of winning again and they will undoubtedly please fans next year.
Jude Obafemi is a versatile senior Correspondent at THEWILL Newspapers, excelling in sourcing, researching, and delivering sports news stories for both print and digital publications.
