00:09Welcome to Philadelphia. It's Match Day 2 in Group I as France face Iraq.
00:13You've been there, you've been a player, you've done this kind of thing.
00:16I mean, even now, the tension, the drama, epic at this World Cup.
00:21Without a doubt, I mean, this is Match Day 2, so the nerves maybe go away a little bit in
00:25comparison to Match Day 1.
00:27France versus Iraq in Philadelphia is coming up.
00:31Team News, French coach Didier Deschamps hinted at changes in his press conference yesterday.
00:35Makes three changes also for Graeme Arnold and Iraq.
00:38Heading in...
00:40Away we go in Philadelphia.
00:43And the ball immediately sent behind by Iraq.
00:48Three goals, three points on Match Day 1 for Le Bleu.
00:50Early chance for France to get a ball into the box.
00:53Christina there, and that's Hashim Akam with a clearance away.
00:58And then it's Lolly White.
01:01Kone coming up.
01:07Yeah, this is a good deep ball behind the Iraq defense in the clearance.
01:13Kone wins the second ball, gets into the box and gets that shot.
01:16And Mbappe almost gets on the end of this one.
01:20Looking in the sixth minute.
01:22Deep from the free kick and...
01:25Then there's a tumble in the box.
01:31It was Saliba who went down.
01:37Here is Ulisse.
01:40And he swings it wide.
01:42And they were looking for Mbappe and Dembele arriving in the middle as well.
01:45And it is turned behind.
01:47And we have the game's first corner.
01:55Mbappe's first corner.
01:55Dean...
01:56And punched away.
01:58Only as far as the edge of the box in Ulisse.
02:00And then that's Mbappe having a swing.
02:02And sending it behind.
02:09See the interchanging of the French players as well.
02:12Mbappe hits it!
02:14Oh, what a strike!
02:25He said yesterday, we are writing the pages of history here.
02:30While he's blazing a trail of his own.
02:33The general leading from the front in front of his father.
02:37And France lead in Philadelphia.
02:40Here's Mbappe dribbling inside.
02:43And just finds that far post with a bullet shot.
02:47That was in the goal before the goalkeeper can go anywhere near.
02:52It was coming.
02:54And there it is.
02:55Mbappe makes it 1-0.
02:58And on a very warm and muggy evening here.
03:01It's a temperature up in the high 80s.
03:07Up a Meccano.
03:11Now Dembele.
03:14Lifted in.
03:15And they were looking for Mbappe.
03:16Behind it goes.
03:17It's a...
03:18Goal kick.
03:24Helps left for Dosky.
03:25Who can deliver a good ball.
03:27And he does so there.
03:28And they got the header in at the far post.
03:29And they win the corner.
03:38Which has been reversed I believe.
03:41To goal kick.
03:42Now this is great service by Dosky.
03:45And you know this is what he does.
03:46He gets up and down the line.
03:47If there's a little bit more time where Iraq can hold possession.
03:50Runs into trouble.
03:52Won by Zayed Ismail.
03:54Oh and then they'll have a go from distance.
03:56Well.
03:56He'll try anything tonight.
03:57Why not?
03:58He's in that kind of frame of mind.
04:02So they're worried it might follow through to New York tonight.
04:04Here's Mbappe.
04:05All the way through again.
04:06He's still got it.
04:08It seems just glued to his boots.
04:12And Iraq win the free kick.
04:20And here's Mbappe with a great turn.
04:23Leaves two defenders behind.
04:26And one of them just gets a little toe on it.
04:29And prevents Mbappe from getting the shot off with the inside of the foot.
04:42Oh what a big mistake this is.
04:44It's on a plate for Mbappe.
04:46And he scores his second of the night.
04:54Deja vu for Iraq from their first game.
04:57A mix up at the back.
04:59A goalkeeper left.
05:04And here we see the goal kick from Zayed.
05:07And he misses.
05:08The ball goes directly to Dembele.
05:10Who finds Mbappe all alone in front of the goal.
05:14I mean.
05:14If you're going to give the ball away.
05:15These are not the two guys to give the ball away to.
05:18Unfortunate here for Iraq.
05:20Because it looked like they were finally.
05:22Finally getting a little bit more comfortable in this game.
05:25And now they're behind 2-0.
05:29And here he is.
05:30He's looking for a hat-trick.
05:31He presents it to Elise.
05:33It's off the bar.
05:41Rabiot.
05:43Just away from the outstretched boots of Dembele.
05:47And now you sense.
05:51Dembele.
05:52And then it was put wide on the follow-up.
05:55By Rabiot.
06:03And here's Mbappe's play.
06:05Gets around the defender.
06:07And lays it nice and easy for Elise.
06:09To just ship the goalkeeper to the far post.
06:12But he finds the crossbar.
06:14And here's Elise taking his man on.
06:17Down the line.
06:18Finding.
06:18And so another corner.
06:20Which is taken quickly.
06:22Elise.
06:23Dembele on the turn.
06:25Still got it.
06:25Side netting.
06:31Elise.
06:33Dembele.
06:34Great finish.
06:36Great goal.
06:44They want to know.
06:45Where exactly he fits in this French group.
06:49We're getting the answer.
06:51Slotting it into the corner.
06:53And France now.
06:55Fruising.
07:02And it takes so little for this team to score.
07:06Watch the turn here from Elise.
07:08Immediately finds the feet hard of Dembele.
07:11Who makes an excellent control with the right foot.
07:13And puts it away to the far post.
07:17Iraq.
07:18An outswinger.
07:20Which is volleyed over.
07:22By Sulaka.
07:24The substitute.
07:27Over on that left hand side.
07:29They've got.
07:30Dorski.
07:32And that's Kasim's cross.
07:34And it wasn't far away.
07:36As Al Hamadi was in there.
07:40And here comes the cut inside.
07:42The cross of the far post.
07:43And look at this great movement from Al Hamadi.
07:45Mbappe.
07:46He barely gets a toe on it.
07:49And almost puts it into that far post.
07:52Wake up.
07:52Wake up.
07:53Wake up.
07:55Not a bad option to bring into a game.
07:57Is he really?
08:00Not at all.
08:01That's what we've mentioned before.
08:02They have so many starters.
08:04Mbappe.
08:06The referee waves away his claims for a penalty.
08:12And here's Mbappe getting into the box.
08:14Goes between the legs.
08:16And I just don't think there's enough there.
08:21And that was where a whole new generation of France talent would start to be picked up.
08:27As he has Bakala.
08:27He's through.
08:28Squares it.
08:29And in the end.
08:31And Ashim Akam sends it behind for a corner.
08:36I have to say how good Kone has been in this game.
08:39He has recovered every second ball in the center of the field.
08:42And he has run over the top.
08:44And it was instinctively hit.
08:45By Mbappe who's looking at the linesman this game this evening when it kicked off.
08:50This is Mbappe.
08:51Can he do one more?
08:53He gets away.
08:54He's on his left.
08:56And he fires it wide.
08:58With a hat-trick beckoning.
09:00We talked about there's always another gear.
09:03And I think here's all the gears.
09:05Mbappe turns it on.
09:06Goes full speed.
09:07Blows by two defenders.
09:10Turkey now.
09:13And they'll try and get on the end of that into the box as well.
09:16Through Rabiot.
09:19Does well.
09:21And Turab was in there.
09:22And Milaka was there to head it away.
09:26And with that through Fischer.
09:28Blows his whistle.
09:30Didier Deschamps and France.
09:33With a resounding victory in Philadelphia.
09:35And on his 100th cap.
09:38For his country.
09:40With never any doubt over the score line.
09:43And the victors.
09:44France three.
09:45Iraq nil.
