France 8-0 Kazakhstan: Mbappe scores four as Les Bleus emphatically seal Qatar qualification

Going
into
Saturday’s
Group
D
fixture
knowing
a
win
would
ensure
their
spot
in
Qatar,
the
reigning
world
champions
had
little
trouble
in
brushing
aside
a
team
placed
122
places
below
them
in
FIFA’s
latest
rankings.

Mbappe
starred
on
his
Paris
Saint-Germain
stomping
ground,
with
two
superb
first-time
finishes
paving
the
way
for
him
to
wrap
up
his
hat-trick
with
a
fantastic
header
before
he
then
teed
up
Karim
Benzema
after
the
break.

Benzema
had
made
it
4-0
just
four
minutes
prior,
with
Adrien
Rabiot
and
Antoine
Griezmann
getting
in
on
the
act
before
Mbappe
fairly
had
the
final
say
in
an
emphatic
victory.

It
took
just
six
minutes
for
Mbappe
to
get
Les
Bleus
rolling
with
a
cushioned,
side-foot
volley
from
Theo
Hernandez’s
cutback.

Another
six
minutes
followed
before
Mbappe
struck
again,
drilling
home
after
Kingsley
Coman
–
playing
at
right
wing-back
–
had
got
beyond
the
hapless
Stas
Pokatilov,
who
had
rushed
out
of
goal
wildly.

Mbappe’s
hat-trick
was
completed
by
the
32nd
minute,
the
forward
rising
between
two
static
defenders
to
head
in
brilliantly
from
Coman’s
inch-perfect
cross.

Hernandez
levelled
with
Coman
for
assists
when
he
laid
it
up
for
Benzema
to
prod
in
at
the
near
post,
and
the
Real
Madrid
striker
was
soon
celebrating
again
when
he
finished
into
an
empty
goal
after
playing
a
delightful
one-two
with
Mbappe.

Pokatilov
managed
to
prevent
Maksat
Taykenov
bundling
into
his
own
net,
with
Moussa
Diaby
denied
a
goal
for
offside
before
Rabiot’s
close-range
finish.

Vladislav
Vassiljev’s
ludicrously
late
challenge
on
Griezmann
was
penalised
on
a
VAR
review,
with
the
Atletico
Madrid
forward
converting
the
resulting
spot-kick
before
Mbappe’s
crisp
finish
finally
rounded
off
the
scoring.

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