Actual Madrid ahead Kylian Mbappe and Bayern Munich midfielder Michael Olise each scored as France beat Ukraine 2-0 of their first match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Softfootball reviews.
The Group encounter which was performed on the Tarczyński Enviornment in Poland had about 38,973 spectators having fun with the gorgeous sport as Mbappe led the French assault in opposition to the host.
Les Bleus took an early lead after Paris Saint-Germain winger Barcola performed in Olise and he made no mistake along with his end. Ukraine struggled to pay money for the encounter because the away aspect managed the tempo of the match and made the host chase the sport.
There have been no extra targets till within the 82nd minute of the match as Mbappe acquired a go from his Actual Madrid teammate Tchouaméni and completed with aplomb for his 51st objective in France colors and the sport ended 2-0.
After the match France introduced on their official X deal with.
𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐧! 🔥
Les Bleus kick off their 2026 World Cup qualifying marketing campaign in type 🙌
The sport was notably historic for Mbappe as he turned the joint second prime scorer within the historical past of French soccer alongside Arsenal legend Thierry Henry with 51 targets. Solely behind Olivier Giroud with 57 targets for the nationwide workforce
Mbappe has been in fantastic kind this season and the objective was his fourth in 4 matches to date this season. Earlier than the worldwide break he has scored three targets for Actual Madrid and led them to an ideal begin this season below new supervisor Xabi Alonso.
Mbappe extremely achieved his 51st for the nationwide workforce at solely 26 years outdated and he’s tipped to shatter the document in a number of years time as he’s an excellent common for the Les Bleus.
The night wasn’t all candy for France and particularly PSG as Désiré Doué was compelled off with a calf damage and his teammate at membership stage Ousmane Dembélé took his place however struggled to affect the sport within the second half.
Ukraine had been allowed into the sport and had two clear probabilities to attain. The primary likelihood fell to Artem Dovbyk however his towering header was cleared off the road by Liverpool defender, Ibrahima Konaté.
A minute later, France goalkeeper Mike Maignan was known as into motion as he palmed Georgiy Sudakov’s free-kick away, however the ball got here straight again on the France objective, with PSG’s new signing Illia Zabarnyi heading a well-hit effort onto the publish.
France survived that interval and went on to kill the sport via Mbappe’s 51st objective for the Les Bleus.
France will return to motion on Tuesday in opposition to Iceland whereas Ukraine travels to face Azerbaijan who misplaced 5-0 to Iceland at this time.
