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Dazzling Kylian Mbappé displays his range of talents to inspire France win | Barney Ronay

22-Nov-2022 23:12:23 | The Guardian

France have lost top players before this World Cup but they still have their razor-sharp centre-forward to score and set up goals

With 44 minutes gone at the vast, craning, wildly over-engineered Al Janoub Stadium, Kylian Mbappé did something extraordinary, perhaps even unique in modern World Cup history. Basically, he missed an open goal from six yards out. No great shakes. It happens. Ball, bounce, angles, collisions.

This is still a kind of physical chaos.