Kylian Mbappé found the goal twice, Michael Olise and Hugo Ekitike also put their names on the scoreboard. The latter also scored his first goal for the French team following a solitary rush and a one-two with Mbappé in the area.
The Liverpool striker scored valuable points in the mind of Didier Deschamps and established himself as a serious candidate to appear in the national coach’s list of 23. After the match, the 23-year-old center forward spoke about the match and the qualification for the World Cup.
“ That’s good, a good thing done, we deserved it. We didn’t play the best game but we had results that matched our team. The job is done. We have a thought about what happened 10 years ago so we celebrate modestly. This first goal is a childhood dream, each time I try to show my abilities, that I am there to help the group. I’m happy to be rewarded. Today I hit the post the last time, there too, but I’m happy,” he said at the microphone of
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“Something unique“
Unsurprisingly, the French team will be there this summer during the 2026 World Cup. Winners in 2018 and finalists in 2022, the Blues will aim to do better than in 2022, namely to win the title and thus win a third star.
Present in Qatar in 2022, Jules Koundé did not hide his joy about the qualification. “ Very happy, it wasn’t easy especially in the first half, in the second half we were able to raise our level of play, we scored four goals, we didn’t concede any, we are very happy. Participate in the next World Cup? It’s something unique, it’s a competition that we’ve dreamed of playing since we were little, we shouldn’t trivialize what we’ve done, we see it with other groups where it can be very close. We did the work so we are very happy”said the Barça defender.
