By Shamoon HafezBBC Sport astatine Stadium 974, Doha
Last updated connected 11 minutes ago.From the conception World Cup
Kylian Mbappe scored doubly for France arsenic the defending champions laid down a marker by beating Denmark to go the archetypal squad into the World Cup knockout stage.
The 23-year-old forward, France's youngest scorer successful the competition, stole the amusement erstwhile again with second-half strikes to instrumentality his broadside through.
Mbappe had earlier blazed implicit from 12 yards and forced Kasper Schmeichel into a prevention with a rising shot.
But the Paris St-Germain prima broke the deadlock conscionable past the hr mark, exchanging a good one-two with Theo Hernandez earlier stroking in.
Denmark equalised conscionable 7 minutes aboriginal with their archetypal effort connected people arsenic defender Andreas Christensen headed location astatine the acold station aft France failed to wide a corner.
Christensen, though, whitethorn person counted himself fortunate to inactive beryllium connected the transportation astatine that constituent aft receiving lone a yellowish paper connected 20 minutes for dragging backmost Mbappe, who was looking to tally clear.
France keeper Hugo Lloris made a crisp halt to support retired Tottenham team-mate Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's first-time changeable portion Martin Braithwaite agonisingly fired into the broadside netting.
But with 4 minutes left, Mbappe had the last say, sneaking successful astatine the acold station to person Antoine Griezmann's cross.
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France
Squad number1Player nameLloris
Squad number5Player nameKoundé
Squad number4Player nameVarane
Squad number18Player nameUpamecano
Squad number22Player nameHernández
Squad number8Player nameTchouaméni
Squad number14Player nameRabiot
Squad number11Player nameDembélé
Squad number7Player nameGriezmann
Squad number10Player nameMbappé
Squad number9Player nameGiroud
Squad number13Player nameFofana
Squad number20Player nameComan
Squad number24Player nameKonaté
Squad number26Player nameThuram
Denmark
Squad number1Player nameSchmeichel
Squad number2Player nameAndersen
Squad number6Player nameChristensen
Squad number3Player nameNelsson
Squad number13Player nameKristensen
Squad number23Player nameHøjbjerg
Squad number10Player nameEriksen
Squad number5Player nameMaehle
Squad number25Player nameLindstrøm
Squad number14Player nameDamsgaard
Squad number21Player nameCornelius
Squad number9Player nameBraithwaite
Squad number12Player nameDolberg
Squad number15Player nameNørgaard
Squad number26Player nameBah
Line-ups
France
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Lloris
- 5KoundéBooked astatine 43mins
- 4VaraneSubstituted forKonatéat 75'minutes
- 18Upamecano
- 22Hernández
- 8Tchouaméni
- 14Rabiot
- 11DembéléSubstituted forComanat 75'minutes
- 7GriezmannSubstituted forFofanaat 90+3'minutes
- 10Mbappé
- 9GiroudSubstituted forThuramat 63'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Pavard
- 3Disasi
- 6Guendouzi
- 12Kolo Muani
- 13Fofana
- 15Veretout
- 16Mandanda
- 17Saliba
- 20Coman
- 23Aréola
- 24Konaté
- 25Camavinga
- 26Thuram
Denmark
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 1Schmeichel
- 2Andersen
- 6ChristensenBooked astatine 20mins
- 3Nelsson
- 13KristensenSubstituted forBahat 90+2'minutes
- 23Højbjerg
- 10Eriksen
- 5Maehle
- 25LindstrømSubstituted forNørgaardat 85'minutes
- 14DamsgaardSubstituted forDolbergat 73'minutes
- 21CorneliusBooked astatine 23minsSubstituted forBraithwaiteat 45'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Kjaer
- 7Jensen
- 9Braithwaite
- 11Skov Olsen
- 12Dolberg
- 15Nørgaard
- 16Christensen
- 17Stryger Larsen
- 18Wass
- 19Wind
- 20Poulsen
- 22Rønnow
- 24Skov
- 26Bah
Referee:Szymon Marciniak
Attendance:42,860
Live Text
Match ends, France 2, Denmark 1.
Second Half ends, France 2, Denmark 1.
Attempt missed. Joakim Maehle (Denmark) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is excessively high.
Foul by Alexander Bah (Denmark).
Kylian Mbappé (France) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Substitution, France. Youssouf Fofana replaces Antoine Griezmann.
Substitution, Denmark. Alexander Bah replaces Rasmus Kristensen.
Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (France) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is saved successful the centre of the goal. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
Attempt blocked. Joachim Andersen (Denmark) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Rasmus Kristensen.
Goal! France 2, Denmark 1. Kylian Mbappé (France) close footed changeable from precise adjacent scope to the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann with a cross.
Substitution, Denmark. Christian Nørgaard replaces Jesper Lindstrøm.
Attempt missed. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Denmark) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container misses to the left. Assisted by Christian Eriksen.
Martin Braithwaite (Denmark) hits the close station with a close footed changeable from the centre of the box. Assisted by Kasper Dolberg with a cross.
Attempt missed. Adrien Rabiot (France) near footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is close, but misses the apical close corner. Assisted by Theo Hernández with a transverse pursuing a corner.
Corner, France. Conceded by Joachim Andersen.
Attempt blocked. Jules Koundé (France) header from the centre of the container is blocked. Assisted by Kingsley Coman with a cross.
Corner, France. Conceded by Joakim Maehle.
Attempt blocked. Aurélien Tchouaméni (France) header from precise adjacent scope is blocked. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann with a cross.
Corner, France. Conceded by Andreas Christensen.
Corner, France. Conceded by Rasmus Kristensen.
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