Kylian Mbappe led France to victory on Friday, March 24, in their Euro 2024 qualifier match against the Netherlands.
The 4-0 victory was Mbappe’s first match as France’s new national football team captain.
It was gathered that the 24-year-old player recently succeeded long-standing France skipper Hugo Lloris.
Last Friday’s victory is seen as a good start-up and a fresh era with the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) superstar who set up the pink-haired Antoine Griezmann to score within two minutes of the game.
Mbappe had two goals and an assist as the World Cup finalists romped to a 4-0 win against a depleted Netherlands side yesterday.
In the intriguing game, Dayot Upamecano bundled in the second goal in the eighth minute, and Mbappe got his name on the scoresheet to make it 3-0 before the midway point in the first half.
Mbappe sealed the victory for France in emphatic fashion with two minutes remaining before the Netherlands’ Memphis Depay had a stoppage-time penalty saved by goalkeeper Mike Maignan.
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It was a display of ruthless efficiency from Didier Deschamps’ side against a Dutch team missing several key players after a virus swept through their squad.
They can at least console themselves because their most challenging assignment in qualifying Group B is out of the way, and their next game is at home to Gibraltar on Monday.
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