France beat Denmark in the second round match in Group D of the World Cup currently being held in Qatar, with two goals to one.
He scored the two goals for the French national team, the defending champion, the brilliant attacking player Kylian Mbappe, while the Danish national team scored Andreas Christensen.
With this victory, France became the first team to reach the round of 16, which is the first round in the elimination stage, that is, the knockout round.
The first half of the match was characterized by great pressure on the part of the French team, who had many chances to score a goal and achieve progress, but the shots that the team directed at the Danish goal did not result in achieving any goal, so the first half ended in a goalless draw.
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Lionel Messi scores the first goal for his country against Mexico, and his second in the tournament so far.
Argentina and Mexico
Argentina kept hoping to qualify for the round of 16 in the World Cup in Qatar after its 2-0 victory over Mexico in the group stage.
The first goal of the match was scored by Argentina star Lionel Messi in the 64th minute of match time. The second goal was scored by Enzo Fernandez.
The second half witnessed intense pressure from the Argentine players on the opposing team, as they dominated most of the course of the game.
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Lewandowski consolidated his country’s victory with a second goal in the 82nd minute of the match against Saudi Arabia.
The hopes of the Saudi and Tunisian teams to qualify for the second round of the World Cup in Qatar suffered a setback after their defeats against Poland and Australia.
The Saudi national team suffered a painful defeat against Poland with two clean goals, in the match that followed the match that ended with Australia’s victory over Tunisia with a goal to none in the group stage of the World Cup held in Qatar.
In the 39th minute of the match, Piotr Zelenski scored the first goal for Poland against Saudi Arabia, after a pass from Robert Lewandowski.
6 minutes after that, Salem Al-Dosari missed a penalty kick for the Saudi national team, which was saved by Wojciech Chesny, the goalkeeper of the Polish national team, and thus missed the opportunity to adjust the score for the green, so that the first half ended with Poland winning 1-0.
In the 82nd minute of the match, Polish striker Robert Lewandowski scored the second goal to consolidate his team’s victory, as a result of a defensive error by the Greens.
The referee counted 7 minutes instead of lost time in the match, but it did not enable Saudi Arabia to influence the result.
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Saudi midfielder Salem Al-Dosari missed the penalty kick just before the end of the first half of the match
The match kicked off at 13:00 GMT, at the Education City Stadium in Al-Rayyan, Qatar, which can accommodate about 40,000 spectators.
This confrontation came within the competitions of the second round of the group stage in the World Cup, which includes the third group of Mexico, Argentina, Saudi Arabia and Poland.
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Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny saved the penalty kick to keep a clean sheet
And Saudi Arabia achieved a historic victory with two goals to one over the Argentine national team, which is one of the most prominent candidates for the title.
The Saudi national team, after its victory over Argentina, topped the Group C standings with 3 points, followed by Mexico and Poland with one point, then Argentina without points, but this arrangement has now changed after its defeat against Poland.
After Saturday’s match, Poland became the leader of the group with 4 points.
Tunisia and Australia
This match was preceded by another match in Group D within the activities of the World Cup held in Qatar, which ended with the victory of the Australian national football team with one goal without a response to its Tunisian counterpart.
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The goal came with a header from Duke, which settled in the corner of the Tunisian team’s goal
The match kicked off at exactly 10 am GMT, at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar.
In the 24th minute of the match, Australia took the lead with a goal scored by Mitchell Duke.
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Michael Duke celebrates after scoring a goal against Tunisia
The goal came after a cross pass by Aziz Behish, from the left side, to be diverted by Duke, with his head in the left corner of Ayman Dahman, the Tunisian goalkeeper.
The match comes within the framework of the second round of Group D matches, which includes France, Denmark, Australia and Tunisia.
The last minutes of the match witnessed pressure from the Tunisian team, and the referee calculated 6 additional minutes instead of lost time, but the Carthage Eagles team was unable to adjust the result.
Tunisia entered its match with Australia with one point after drawing with Denmark without goals, while Australia entered the match without points after losing four goals against France.
The World Cup is currently being held in Qatar, with the participation of 32 teams, and will continue until December 18.
The tournament has a large following from the Arab masses, as it is the first tournament to be held in an Arab and Muslim country.