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Mbappe coolly fires France into lead from penalty spot
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BBC Sport·about 3 hours ago

Mbappe coolly fires France into lead from penalty spot

France's Kylian Mbappe keeps his cool to send Paraguay goalkeeper Orlando Gill the wrong way to score his seventh goal of the 2026 World Cup.

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