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Australia and France played the last match of the third day of the World Cup Qatar 2022 at the Al Janoub Stadium, the result was a 4-1 victory for the reigning world champions after coming back from 1-0 in against.
In addition Olivier Giroud equaled a historical record and equaled Thierry Henry as all-time goalscorer for France.
Although the French started with everything, it was the Australians who managed to get ahead thanks to Craig Goodwin who defined thanks to an assist from Leckie on the right at minute 9 of the game.
In the play of the Australian goal left back Lucas Hernández was injured, joining the long list of those led by Didier Deschamps.
But the joy of Australia would last very little, to the minute 27 came the equalizing goal through Adrien Rabiot who headed in a precise cross from Theo Hernández and placed the world champions back in the game.
Five minutes later, Adrien Rabiot was once again the protagonist but this time as Olivier Giroud’s assistant who placed the second score for those led by Didier Deschamps .
To the 27 a combination between Griezmann and Mbappé narrowly placed third for France and despite the fact that everything seemed lost for the oceanic team, a crossbar took away the chance for those led by Graham ARNOLD
The beginning of the second part showed those led by Didier Deschamps to increase the counts, Rabiot taking control of midfield, Mbappé looking for his goal and Olivier Giroud very active creating spaces and dangerous situations.
France’s insistence was going to pay off and at the minute 68, the one from FC Barcelona, Ousmane Dembélé rescued a ball from the right side and launched a perfect cross to Kylian Mbappé that spectacularly He made it 3-1 with a header that left the Australian goalkeeper without options.
Those led by Deschamps were already relieved after going down on the scoreboard, they managed to turn it around and establish an excellent performance that shows that they have pieces to choose from and they have had them for be able to replace his long list of injured.
At the minute 71 Olivier Giroud showed that he was the correct name selected to replace Karim Benzema and scored the 4-1 that already gave the world champions a win margin .
It should be noted that Giroud equaled Thierry Henry as the all-time goalscorer for the French National Team with 68 annotations.
The French National Team, despite being the most touched by injuries, demonstrated who is up for great things in the Qatar World Cup 1200 and had a steamroller performance in passages of the match.
Now those led by Didier Deschamps are left with the top of the group ahead of Denmark and Tunisia, who drew goalless early in the game, and Australia, victims of the rout remain in the basement with no points.
France will face Denmark on the next date while Australia will do the same against Tunisia.
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