FIFA World Cup 2022

FIFA World Cup 2022: Kylian Mbappe’s sensational performance takes France to the round of 16 in the tournament

Hugo LLORIS-led France crossed swords with Denmark in their second match of the FIFA World Cup 2022. Both teams played this match at Stadium 974 in Doha. Notably, it was a very crucial match for both teams to keep their hopes alive for the round of 16. Notably, France had registered a convincing win of 4-1 against Australia in their tournament opener.

The ardent football fans witnessed an exciting thriller between both teams in a virtual knock-out match. It was a display of brilliant football from the defending champions and Kasper Schmeichel’s men.

With said that, here we’ll give a look at the entire action that happened in the nail-biting thriller during the exciting match of Group D in the FIFA World Cup 2022.

Kylian Mbappe shines again for France in the final five minutes of the game

Although, it was Denmark who dominated the match in most aspects of the match including the likes of ball possession of 52% and a very minor lead of 1 % in the accuracy of Passes. But in the second half of the match, the two-time World Champions lived up to the expectations, thanks to the brilliant heroics of star center forward Kylian Mbappe who came with a first in favor of France in the 61^st minute of the match.

But it was not that much easy for the Frenchmen to carry their lead for a long time as the 26-year-old Barcelona center-back Andreas Christensen came up with an equalizer for Denmark in the 68^th minute of the match. He made France settle with a score line of 1-1.

But how long defending champions could hold on with an equal score Kylian Mbappe proved his worth again for his team by scoring the second goal in the final five minutes of the main time of the match. The 23-year-old smashed his second goal with brilliant class and made the score line 2-1 in favor of Les Blues.

Eventually, France made it to the round of 16 of the 22^nd edition of this ongoing prestigious football quadrennial and Mbappe won the ‘player of the match award for his match-defining performance.