FIFA World Cup 2026, France vs Senegal Football highlights: Mbappe scores 2 to break FRA records

Oh, wait a minute! Mbappe for the second time in this game scores! What a goal from the forward. He shoots from far outside the box, but the ball dips magnificently past the diving Mendy to cross the goal!

Thanks to the two goals, the French forward became France's top goalscorer as this is his 58th goal in his 99th international leaving behind Olivier Giroud’s France record. Mbappe bettered Lionel Messi’s tally of 13 World Cups goals with his 13th and 14th strikes. The Frenchman did it in his 15th appearance, while the Argentinian has 26 games to his name. Mbappe is now just three goals short of Miroslav Klose’s competition record. Mbappe is also France’s top scorer at World Cups with 14 goals. Mbappe scored the first goal of the game minutes after he was controversially denied a penalty after VAR intervention.

FRANCE 3-1 SENEGAL

Barcola scores!

What a smooth finish, just lifts it over the keeper, Mendy. Scores it like he's in training. The ball from fed to him from an incredible diagonal cross. Barcola takes on touch, before scoring with his second! This after coming on as a sub barely two minutes back.

Smooth!

After 82 minutes, France 2-0 Senegal

Mbappe who is now well awake, has another chance as he run into the Senegal box from the right flank. And he's brought down by Sadio Mane with a tackle. The referee is not interested in French calls for a penalty. But the VAR is involved and the replays show that Mane got none of the ball with his tackle while Mbappe's leg did hit Mane's body before he fell. But after the ref sees replays on the monitor, he rules that it was not a penalty.

This one will be talked about a while if France do not manage to score a goal!

France have their best chance of the game as Michael Olise receives the ball in the Senegal half and goes on a speedy run running past Kalidou Koulibaly. He finally takes a shot from the left of the goal, but Edouard Mendy does well to deflect over. If only Olise could have chipped it over the keeper that would have been a goal!

That being said this is still France's brightest chance the whole game.

After 50 minutes, FRA 0-0 SEN

Best chance of the half comes off the final kick of the first half! Senegal enter the French box from the left flank like they have all first half. The ball is crossed and Ismaila Sarr finds himself in front of goal with the French keeper woefully out of position and the French defender scrambling to get in a tackle. All Sarr needed to do was kick the ball from point blank range into the net. There were no hindrances from it going in. But Sarr hits the ball over the crossbar!

Chances do not come any better than this at a FIFA World Cup clash.

France will be relieved to go to the dressing room at half-time without a goal conceded.

HALF-TIME: FRA 0-0 SEN

What a chance! On the left flank, El Hadji Malick Diouf puts in a tackle to stop a France attack that's building. And despite stumbling, he gets up and runs a little before releasing Nicholas Jackson. He bursts into the French box and shoots. The keeper is beaten, but the ball thuds into the upright before hitting the keeper's foot and almost going into the net. Thankfully for France the ball heads outside and we have a corner.

Not much comes off the corner and we have a hydration break!

After 25 minutes, FRA 0-0 SEN

A superb run into the box from Ismaila Sarr after he's fed the ball with a cute backheel by Nicolas Jackson. Dayot Upamecano needs every bit of his skill to take the ball off the Senegalese player and clear it. After that, the Senegal players quickly rob the ball again from the French side and stand in the French half stroking the ball around themselves like it's a training exercise!

A good start to the game for the Senegal side.

After 8 minutes, FRA 0-0 SEN

So the players are now waiting at the tunnel. National anthems coming shortly and then we will have kickoff. Senegal to play in the white and green kits while the Frenchmen will be in their dark blue kits.