Messi and Pele were left behind: Mbappe's double from Olise's assist helped France defeat Senegal at the World Cup
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France got the better of Senegal in the opening game of the World Cup thanks to Kylian Mbappe's double from Michael Olise.
France got the better of Senegal in the opening game of the World Cup thanks to Kylian Mbappe's double from Michael Olise. After a featureless first half, the vice-champions changed and almost earned a penalty for a foul on Sadio Mane, but the referee refused to give it even after a video review. Then the Real Madrid forward took over: he overtook Olivier Giroud to become the team's all-time leading scorer, and overtook Pele and Messi in the list of World Cup goalscorers. Between his goals, Bradley Barkola and Ibrahim Mbaye, who scored a prestige goal, managed to enter their names into the scoresheet - in the very first attack after coming on as a substitute.
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