Chinanews.com, November 27. In the past three World Cups, the teams that played as defending champions all failed in the group stage, including Italy in 2010, Spain in 2014 and Germany in 2018.
This curse was broken by the French team this morning. After defeating the Danish team 2:1, the French team qualified from Group D one round ahead of schedule and became the first team to enter the knockout round of this World Cup.
The contest between the French team and the Danish team is one of the highlights of this round. Both teams are ranked among the top ten in the world.
The two sides had offense and defense against each other in the first half, but the score was not rewritten until the 61st minute of the second half. Theo Hernandez made a cross from the wing and assisted Mbappe to score the goal.
Denmark equalized in the 68th minute.
Eriksson sent a corner kick, Josim Anderson went forward and back, Christensen followed up with a header and scored.
In the 86th minute, Mbappe scored the game lore. He followed up with a cross from Griezmann's penalty area and scored twice in this campaign.
After taking all three points, the French team advanced to the round of 16 ahead of schedule.
The French team is the first team to win two consecutive victories in this World Cup, and it is also the first team to qualify from the group.
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