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Forty-five years after Pelé's 1977 prediction that an African team would win the Football World Cup before 2000, the latest World Cup and recent continental and international tournaments show why his prediction looks increasingly wrong and suggest that an African team is unlikely ever to win the event.
DOHA: Kylian Mbappe was in another league yet again, oozing class throughout, while the ever-reliable Olivier Giroud netted a record goal to send defending champions France into the World Cup quarter-finals with a 3-1 victory over Poland on Sunday (Dec 4).
DOHA: Kylian Mbappe set up a history-making goal for Olivier Giroud and then scored two himself as holders France eased into the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a 3-1 win over Poland on Sunday. Giroud’s opening goal a minute before half-time was his 52nd for his country, allowing him to pass Thierry Henry and become France’s all-time record marksman. Mbappe’s lethal strike in the 74th minute killed off any prospect of a Poland comeback and he netted again at the death to move to nine goals in just 11 World Cup appearances, the second-most for a French player at the tournament.
Kylian Mbappe set up a history-making goal for Olivier Giroud and then scored two himself as holders France eased into the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a 3-1 win over Poland on Sunday.
Olivier Giroud's record goal and Kylian Mbappe's moments of sheer brilliance sent defending champions France into the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a 3-1 victory against Poland on Sunday.
DOHA : Olivier Giroud's record goal and Kylian Mbappe's moments of sheer brilliance sent defending champions France into the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a 3-1 victory against Poland on Sunday.
DOHA: It’s a huge day for goalkeepers with big reputations when defending champion France face Poland in the round of 16 at the World Cup on Sunday.
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