Mbappé Scores 2 as France Beats Senegal 3-1 — Football Matches Today
Kylian Mbappé put France ahead in football matches today, scoring twice in a 3-1 win over Senegal at the World Cup on Tuesday. Bradley Barcola added the other goal as France handled Group I with another night from its biggest finisher.
The result gave France a 3-1 win and left Mbappé on two goals for the match. It also kept him in the middle of the tournament conversation after he won the Golden Boot four years ago in Qatar.
Mbappé and Barcola deliver
Mbappé’s brace was the difference. France did not need a long chase for control once he found the net twice, and Barcola’s goal finished the scoring for a side that has been described as a pre-World Cup favorite to win it all.
Deschamps also changed the shape after halftime, moving Michael Olise from the flanks into the middle of the pitch against Senegal. That switch gave France a different route through midfield while the score stayed open at 3-1.
Haaland and Messi respond
France’s win was part of a broader Tuesday for the game’s biggest names. Norway beat Iraq 4-1 in the same Group I slate, and Erling Haaland scored two goals in that match as well.
Lionel Messi added the day’s other headline performance with a hat trick against Algeria. That pushed him to 16 career goals and tied him for first all-time on that mark, putting him level at the top after one of the sharpest individual showings of the day.
Haaland’s numbers continue to stack up too. He has 229 goals in 386 games at club level, including 162 goals for Manchester City, and Norway’s run carries extra weight because the country had competed in only three World Cups from 1938 to 1998.
For France, the immediate takeaway is simple: Mbappé keeps turning big-stage matches into two-goal nights, and this one pushed his side through Senegal 3-1 while Olise’s second-half shift added another layer to the attack. With Norway and Argentina also producing from their stars, Tuesday belonged to the players expected to decide the tournament.
