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#2 France 4-3 Argentina
This second-round match had all the makings of a classic and turned out to be one too. Argentine supporters were hoping for a miraculous performance from Lionel Messi to beat a decidedly better French side. However, Messi could not win it for his side and it was Kylian Mbappe who put in an outrageous performance for France.
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Mbappe’s terrific run earned France a penalty in the first half and Antoine Griezmann converted from the spot. France continued to look the dominant side but Angel Di Maria stunned them with a 25-yard scorcher in the 35th minute. Moreover, Argentina took the lead surprisingly at the beginning of the second half through a lucky deflection from a Lionel Messi pass.
France started to hit the brittle Argentine defence with rapid counter-attacks and Pavard found the equalizer with a stunning strike from outside the penalty box. The outstanding Mbappe scored 2 more goals in the next 10 minutes as the Argentine defence looked helpless against his pace and guile. Sergio Aguero did pull one back from a Lionel Messi cross but by then, the damage had already been done.
