{"id":512808,"date":"2026-06-30T20:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/mbappe-propels-france-to-the-round-of-16-and-keeps-his-goalscoring-race-with-messi-alive\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T20:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:35:01","slug":"mbappe-propels-france-to-the-round-of-16-and-keeps-his-goalscoring-race-with-messi-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/mbappe-propels-france-to-the-round-of-16-and-keeps-his-goalscoring-race-with-messi-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"“Mbapp\u00e9 propels France to the round of 16 and keeps his goalscoring race with Messi alive”"},"content":{"rendered":"“n

New Jersey.\u2013 <\/strong>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 was decisive once again for France by scoring two goals in the 3-0 victory over Sweden, a result that qualified the European team for the round of 16 of the 2026 World Cup and reinforced the striker’s prominence in the fight for the tournament’s top scorer title.<\/p>n”\n\n“n

The French captain paved the way for his national team in a match widely dominated by Didier Deschamps’ side, who imposed rhythm, possession, and offensive clinicality from the very first minutes. Bradley Barcola completed the scoring to seal the victory against a Swedish team that had few answers throughout the match.<\/p>n”\n\n“n

With his brace, Mbapp\u00e9 reached six goals in the current World Cup, tying Lionel Messi at the top of the tournament’s scoring chart. Furthermore, he raised his total tally of World Cup goals to 18, leaving him one shy of the historic record currently held by the Argentine star.<\/p>n”\n\n“n

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The attacker’s performance also left another significant mark: he reached ten goals in knockout stages, a figure that consolidates him as one of the most decisive footballers in the defining stages of the World Cup.<\/p>n”\n\n“n

France, which showed one of its most solid performances of the tournament, will now face Paraguay on July 4th in Philadelphia, in search of a spot in the quarterfinals.<\/p>n”\n\n“n

The triumph against Sweden confirms the competitive growth of the French team in the World Cup and keeps one of the most attractive individual duels of the championship open: the fight between Messi and Mbapp\u00e9 for the tournament’s top scorer lead and for the historical peak of World Cup scorers.<\/p>n”","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“n New Jersey.\u2013 Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 was decisive once again for France by scoring two goals in the 3-0 victory over Sweden, a result that qualified the European team for the round of 16 of the 2026 World Cup and reinforced the striker’s prominence in the fight for the tournament’s top scorer title. n” “n The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-512808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-29p6","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}