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France and two-goal Mbappe roar into World Cup as Messi prepares

Kylian Mbappe scored twice as France overcame early wobbles to open their World Cup account with a 3-1 win against Senegal on Tuesday while reigning champions Argentina prepared to make their bow.Senegal posed a serious challenge in the first half at the MetLife Stadium in New Je

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France and two-goal Mbappe roar into World Cup as Messi prepares

Kylian Mbappe scored the 13th and 14th World Cup finals goal of his career (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU)Kylian Mbappe scored twice as France overcame early wobbles to open their World Cup account with a 3-1 win against Senegal on Tuesday while reigning champions Argentina prepared to make their bow.Senegal posed a serious challenge in the first half at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey but after half-time Kylian Mbappe scored the 13th and 14th World Cup goals of his career, the second a memorable strike from distance.Bradley Barcola also found the net as he skilfully dinked the ball over Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy.

Senegal got a consolation in added time as Ibrahim Mbaye smashed in a shot that France 'keeper Mike Maignan failed to stop.Mbappe's 14 World Cup goals take him level with West Germany legend Gerd Mueller as the third-highest scorer in World Cup history and the 27-year-old is now within touching distance of beating German Miroslav Klose's all-time record of 16.France coach Didier Deschamps hailed Mbappe as "extraordinary"."

Not everything came off for him, but he can win games in one moment," Deschamps said.One of the players Mbappe moved clear of in the scorers' list, Lionel Messi, has a chance to increase his own taly of 13 World Cup goals when Argentina kick off their tournament against Algeria later Tuesday.Messi's buildup to the World Cup has been hampered by a hamstring injury he suffered playing for Inter Miami in late May, but the 38-year-old proved his fitness by coming on as a substitute and scoring in a warm-up against Iceland last week.

Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said Messi, who will be playing in a sixth World Cup, "looks good"."Everyone wants to see him out on the pitch, not just Argentines, because of the impact he has on people," Scaloni said at his pre-match press conference."He has always been crucial for us and now he will be even more so.

He looks good.""He's a competitive animal," said centre-back Nicolas Otamendi. "He forces you to keep

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Haaland scores two in WC debut as Norway win

Erling Haaland took just 29 minutes to score his first ever World Cup goal on his tournament debut against Iraq on Tuesday. By the end, he had scored twice in a convincing 4-1 victory and delivered on his tag as one of this tournament's biggest stars.

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