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SCORES FIRST INTERNATIONAL GOAL FOR FRANCE During a World Cup qualifying match against the Netherlands in the summer of 2017, Kylian Mbappé gave the world a peek at his prodigious talent while collecting his first goal for France in international action at the senior level. With France comfortably ahead 3–0, and in the midst of extra time, he put one poor defender in knots, twisting and turning as he charged on the attack. Delivering a tidy pass that was immediately returned to him, Mbappé crushed it past diving goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen to punctuate the 4–0 win in front of more than 79,000 mostly French fans. At just 18 years of age, he became the youngest to score for the senior French national team since Georges Lech had done so as an 18-year-old back in 1963. The goal, Mbappé’s lone tally during the qualifying matches, was a precursor of things to come when the World Cup got underway the following summer.

During a 2017 World Cup qualifying match against the Netherlands, Kylian Mbappé struck for his first goal for France’s senior national team.

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