Mbappe surpasses Giroud as France's all-time top scorer with double in World Cup opener

[p]Playing in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/france/QkGeVG1n/"]France[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/france-QkGeVG1n/senegal-hOIsJLJr/?mid=ALxYcMw2"]opening match[/a] at New York ‌New Jersey Stadium, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mbappe-kylian/Wn6E2SED/"]Mbappe[/a] ⁠slipped the ‌ball past the goalkeeper in the ​66th minute and notched his 58th international ​strike with a screamer in second-half stoppage time.[/p][embed guid="a125a923-b3ed-4b01-8945-9605a3ad70d9" url="https://x.com/Flashscorecom/status/2066994242157715871" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"Congrats, Kylian. You ⁠made ​it. I'm really happy for him," [/b]said Giroud, working as a pundit for the BBC. He said Mbappe had ‌promised him his shirt ​from the match.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real ‌Madrid[/a] striker Mbappe, 27, had been under extraordinary scrutiny heading into the World Cup but came alive in the second half as France beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/senegal/hOIsJLJr/"]Senegal[/a] 3-1 in Group I.[/p][p]France next play [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/iraq/K8aAGt6r/"]‌Iraq[/a] on Monday in Philadelphia before facing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/norway/8rP6JO0H/"]Norway[/a] in their final group match on June 26.[/p][infobox id="4ccc1b10-d68f-4c97-bcf4-5e613c17c2e3" /]