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United States France 4-1 Australia LIVE! Giroud goal - World Cup 2022 match stream, latest score and updates today
The defending World Cup champions get their bid to win again in 2022 underway tonight as France face Australia in Qatar. It has been a far from ideal build-up for Les Bleus but the talking stops here as they kick off their Group D campaign following Denmark’s draw with Tunisia earlier on this afternoon.
France are huge favourites for this game, as well as being many people’s pick to lift the trophy for a third time. Even with N’Golo Kante, Paul Pogba, Christopher Nkunku and, of course, Karim Benzema absent, Didier Deschamps still has Kylian Mbappe to lead his line against a side ranked 38th in the world along with Olivier Giroud.
Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah hosts tonight’s match under its retractable roof with Australia hoping to pull off a major upset, though without injured Hibernian star Martin Boyle. The majority of Graham Arnold’s Socceroos side ply their trade in the A-League and up in Scotland, with exciting teenager Garang Kuol on his way to Newcastle. Follow France vs Australia live below, with expert analysis from Malik Ouzia at the ground.
France 4-1 Australia
93 mins: Mbappe is still trying to get his second here, but it just won’t fall inside the box.
Mooy gets a late yellow for a foolish challenge on Hernandez, who doesn’t want to join his older brother in the treatment room.
90 mins: The marathon injury-time run continues!
4-1 down and well beaten, the Socceroos will have to negotiate another seven minutes here.
88 mins: An ovation for Giroud as he’s replaced by Marcus Thuram, with Pavard also making way for Kounde.
Almost a fifth goal for France as Ryan makes a good save to keep out Konate’s towering header.
84 mins: Two more changes from Australia, with Baccus - another of the Socceroos’ Scottish-based cohort up at St Mirren - and Degenek replacing Atkinson and Irvine.
82 mins: France are not done here, with Giroud hunting a hat-trick and only an uncharacteristically poor touch denying Mbappe a second from close range after a wonderful lofted pass from Griezmann.
Bit surprised Deschamps has kept them both on, to be honest.
France’s next game is against Denmark on Saturday.
80 mins: Irvine commits another foul and finally has his name taken by referee Victor Gomes.
Upamecano the man brought down this time.
76 mins: With this victory now firmly secured, Deschamps withdraws both Tchouameni and Dembele.
Coman and Youssouf Fofana enter the fray.
74 mins: Newcastle-bound teenager Kuol and Mabil are now on for Australia, with McGree and goalscorer Goodwin replaced.
71 mins: He’s tied Thierry Henry!
Giroud steers home Mbappe’s cross from the byline for goal no51 of his France career, matching the Gunners icon as his country’s leading scorer of all-time.
What an achievement - and you can see how much it means to him. Giroud is mobbed by his team-mates.
Harsh on Australia, but the French quality is really showing now.
Still 20 minutes to go.
