France eventually turned on the style in its World Cup opener at MetLife Stadium, bypassing Senegal 3–1 thanks to a Kylian Mbappé brace and a Bradley Barcola goal.
By striking twice in New Jersey, Mbappé overtook Olivier Giroud as France’s all-time leading goalscorer (58 goals) and his country’s leading scorer at World Cups, usurping Just Fontaine’s haul of 13.