France preserved their unblemished record in Euro 2024 qualification Group B with a win against Greece, who concluded the match with 10 men following a late sending off. The goal scored by France star Kylian Mbappe helped establish another milestone for his team. Greece finished the match with 10 men. Mbappe scored the game’s sole goal, a penalty kick in the second half, on Monday to become France’s all-time best scorer for a season with 54 goals for both his club and his nation.
He did this by surpassing the record that Just Fontaine set in 1957-1958. In addition to that, it allowed the forward for Paris Saint-Germain to move level with the striker for Manchester City, Erling Haaland. Haaland will have the opportunity to finish as the highest scorer among those who are competing in the five main European leagues when Norway plays Cyprus on Tuesday. After this victory, France is now in first place in the group with 12 points, six more than the team in second place, Greece, who had their player Konstantinos Mavropanos sent off in the 69th minute after Mbappe’s penalty kick in the 55th minute. According to Didier Deschamps, the head coach of France, “it was a long season for the players.” “We did what we needed to do in order to win this game, even if we can regret the fact that we did not score another goal because it is impossible to predict what will occur in the latter stages of a game.”
The French national team has now won all four of their qualification matches while scoring nine goals and keeping zero goals against them. On September 7, Greece will go to the Netherlands, who are now in fourth place and have three points after two matches. Their next opponent will be Ireland, who are currently in third place and have three points after three games.
