Mbappe beats Klose with two goals, only Messi ahead

Bibhash Lodh, BS News Agency: The match resumed after a long break after a lightning threat. And Kylian Mbappe scored the winner in the delayed second half. The French star scored his second goal in the 54th minute. As a result, with his fourth goal in the current World Cup, he is now the joint second highest scorer in the World Cup (Miroslav Klose 16, Mbappe 16). One of the best stars in the world of football, Kylian Mbappe, marked the 100th match of his international career with this great feat. In the same match, on Monday, he scored against Iraq and completed his 15th goal on the World Cup stage. With this goal, he wrote his name next to Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo on the list of all-time World Cup scorers.

France, who have been playing attacking football since the beginning of the match, took the lead in the 14th minute of the first half. At that time, when Mbappe's shot failed to clear the Iraqi defenders, Michael Aulise received the ball. Mbappe coolly put the ball into the net from his perfect backpass. Thanks to this goal, the reigning world champions went into the break with a 1-0 lead. Earlier, Mbappe had indicated that he was in form by scoring twice against Senegal. This goal against Iraq put him in a stronger position in the race for the Golden Boot.

While Lionel Messi is at the top of the World Cup record scorer list, the way Mbappe is scoring goals has football fans' attention now on that record. The way Mbappe, who has played his 100th match for France, is consistently scoring goals, and fans expect him to increase his goal tally in the coming matches.