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Follow Daily Mail Sport's live coverage of the latest updates as France take on Paraguay in the last 16 of the World Cup in Philadelphia.
OLIVER HOLT AT BOSTON STADIUM: In the end‚ this was about neither Erling Haaland‚ nor Kylian Mbappe. It was about a game played with the kind of glorious abandon that is very much at odds with the usual constraints of tournament football‚ a match that rained with goals and excitement‚ a 4-1 victory for France that was often dazzling and which underlined their status as World Cup favourites. And it was about Ousmane Dembele‚ the Ballon d'Or winner. Until now‚ he had existed in this World Cup largely as a foil for Mbappe‚ unselfishly laying on his captain's second goal in the defeat of Iraq in Philadelphia at the start of the week.
OLIVER HOLT: I watched Scotland's defeat by Brazil on Wednesday evening in a bar in rural New Hampshire. One of the other customers saw me staring up at the screen and wanted to know all about the France-Norway game at Boston Stadium‚ home of his beloved New England Patriots‚ tonight. 'Who's that amazing guy that plays for France?' he asked‚ apologising for his lack of knowledge. I told him that could mean one of quite a few players but that he was probably thinking of Kylian Mbappe. 'That's the one‚' he said. 'He's the boss hog.' It is the first time I have heard Mbappe called that but maybe it's not the worst description. I was in Philadelphia on Monday evening to see France dismantle Iraq and Mbappe was so sharp and eager‚ so demanding and ambitious that his performance was breathtaking.
FRANCE 3-0 IRAQ - OLIVER HOLT IN PHILADELPHIA: France cemented their status as World Cup favourites with a dazzling 3-0 win over Iraq in Philadelphia in a match suspended for two hours because of storms in Philadelphia and decorated by two more goals from Kylian Mbappe. Mbappe's brace moved him past Gerd Muller and Ronaldo in the list of the top all-time scorers in World Cups. The France captain is now level with Miroslav Klose on 16. Only Lionel Messi‚ who now has 18 goals‚ is ahead of Mbappe. Mbappe scored the first in the 14th minute‚ collecting the ball on the edge of the area and hammering a rising drive through the legs of an opponent. Iraq goalkeeper Ahmed Basila got his fingertips to it but could not keep it out.
Follow Daily Mail Sport's live coverage for the latest updates as France take on Iraq in Group I at the Philadelphia Stadium.
Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog as Carlo Ancelotti's side bid for their first win of the tournament against Group C minnows Haiti in Philadelphia.
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