On the first half of the nineteen year forward Kylian Mbeppe, France made the rounds in the final 16 of the 21st edition of FIFA World Cup. On Thursday, he beat Peru 1-0 in his second Group C match.
FIFA FACTS -
After Uruguay and host Russia, France became the third team to reach the last 16 of the current World Cup.
The French team will now play Denmark for the top spot in Group C.
This is the second consecutive victory in France's current World Cup. In their first match, the French team beat Australia 2-1. Along with this, the world champion of 1998 has been France's six points. France is the first team from its group to the last-16. Peru lost both of their matches to which they were out of the race for the next round.
Mabappe scored for France in the 34th minute. With this, he has become the youngest player to score for his country in the World Cup. Mabpep's age is 19 years and 183 days at this time. Before that, David Tregeguet scored goals in the World Cup for France at 20 years and 246 days.
France's defense managed to maintain its edge after Peru's all-out efforts. There was good competition between the two teams in the entire match. Success finally came to France. Oliver Jiru penetrated Peru's defense from Peru's goalkeeper to Ball Mbeeppe, who put the ball lightly in the vacant goal and gave his team an edge.
In the second half, the team of Peru missed the match. In the 50th minute, Prado Aquino made a great kick out of the box from the middle. Peru's luck did not have a goal and the ball hit the ball and went out. Another attempt was made in Peru in the 68th minute, when Louis Edwinquela took a shot from the left corner of the box, which went out quite close to the upper part of the goalpost.