Overview
- Mbappé scored twice Tuesday to reach 58 international goals, passing Olivier Giroud to become France’s top scorer.
- The French Football Federation marked the milestone on social media and images of Mbappé holding a ball marked ‘58’ circulated in coverage.
- Mbappé said he is proud to have entered his country’s history but emphasized that his main aim is to help France win the World Cup.
- Coach Didier Deschamps noted Mbappé’s achievement at age 27 and teammate William Saliba called the record ‘crazy,’ saying he believes Mbappé can challenge Miroslav Klose’s World Cup goal mark.
- With 14 World Cup goals after his opening-tournament double, Mbappé sits two goals shy of Klose’s 16-goal World Cup total, a gap that could shape France’s title campaign and the player’s legacy.