European wrap: In-form Juve down Inter, PSG snatch win

07.11.2022 - 02:33 rte.ie

Juventus recorded a 2-0 win over Inter Milan on Sunday night to move up to fifth in Serie A while Lazio claimed derby honours against Roma.Adrien Rabiot and Nicolo Fagioli scored in the second half as in-form Juve secured their fourth victory and fourth clean sheet in as many matches.Earlier, former West Ham midfielder Felipe Anderson fired Lazio to third with a 1-0 win over arch rivals Roma.Pedro benefitted from Roger Ibanez's mistake to cross for Anderson who scored with 29 minutes on the clock.Moments later, Nicolo Zaniolo hit the woodwork, but Lazio held on to win the derby and move to within eight points of leaders Napoli following their win at Atalanta on Saturday.Arsenal defender Pablo Mari watched from the stands - 10 days after he was attacked in a supermarket - to see his on-loan side Monza beat fellow strugglers' Verona, with Carlos Augusto and Andrea Colpani on target.Riccardo Orsolini and Stefan Posch cancelled out Sasa Lukic's first-half penalty as Bologna came from behind to beat Torino 2-1, while Sampdoria suffered another defeat after Giacomo Bonaventura and Nikola Milenkovic struck in a 2-0 win for Fiorentina.In France, Danilo Pereira's late goal saw Paris St Germain secure a 2-1 win at Lorient and restore their five-point lead at the summit of Ligue 1.Neymar opened the scoring for the visiting side with just nine minutes gone before Lorient struck back shortly after the interval when Terem Moffi converted a fine team move.Moments later, Moffi struck the crossbar only for Pereira to head home Neymar's cross after 81 minutes as PSG moved clear again of second-placed Lens, who won on Saturday.Benjamin Bourigeaud netted from the penalty spot to take a point for Rennes in a 1-1 draw at Lille.Jose Fonte

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DOHA : Kylian Mbappe crowned an exhilarating individual performance with two second-half goals to make champions France the first side into the last 16 of the World Cup as they beat Denmark 2-1 in their Group D clash at the 974 Stadium on Saturday.

Mbappe brace sends France through to last 16 after 2-1 win over Denmark

DOHA : Kylian Mbappe scored twice to send champions France into the last 16 of the World Cup as they beat Denmark 2-1 in their Group D clash at the 974 Stadium on Saturday, making them first side to qualify for the knockout stage.

Rabiot's spectacular renaissance continues at the World Cup

DOHA : France midfielder Adrien Rabiot is enjoying quite the renaissance at the World Cup, four years after refusing to be called up as a reserve player for the tournament in Russia.

Deschamps: The World Cup is Kylian Mbappe's stage

France head coach Didier Deschamps has backed Kylian Mbappe to shine at the World Cup, labelling it "his competition" after the forward excelled in a comeback win over Australia. A number of injures rocked the France squad heading into the finals and they were stunned as Craig Goodwin opened the scoring after nine minutes before rallying to record a 4-1 win. Olivier Giroud scored twice to equal Thierry Henry's all-time record of 51 goals for France, while Adrien Rabiot and Mbappe were also on the scoresheet for the reigning world champions at Al Janoub Stadium. Mbappe, who hit four goals en route to helping France to win the 2018 World Cup, was named man of the match following the victory as Deschamps hailed the Paris St Germain ace. "Kylian of course has been one of the best players in the world for some time now and he is feeling very confident, you can see that in the way he is playing," he said. "I knew that he was going to be ready for this World Cup, it is his competition, he knows how to make the difference. "But he is part of a team and he has always been able to play as part of a team even though he is an individual, flair player as well. So that is great for us. I have got a lot of attackers, but Kylian is of course an outstanding one."