🏆⚽ 🇫🇷 France 4 - 1 Australia 🇦🇺
France celebrates its 4-1 victory against Australia during the World Cup Group D soccer match at the Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar, November 22, 2022.
Olivier Giroud netted twice to become France's joint record scorer as the team fought back to put Australia to the sword, opening its World Cup defense with a 4-1 Group D win on Tuesday that silenced talk of a holders' curse.
Australia had taken a stunning lead at Al Janoub Stadium when Craig Goodwin applied a super finish to Mathew Leckie's cross after nine minutes, but France leveled when Adrien Rabiot headed home and Giroud's tap-in gave them the halftime lead.
Kylian Mbappe's glancing header in the 68th minute was followed by Giroud's 51st international goal three minutes later, drawing him level with Thierry Henry as France's all-time top marksman.
Didier Deschamps' side, who lead the Group D after rivals Denmark and Tunisia drew 0-0 earlier on Tuesday, ended a run of poor starts for World Cup holders, after the previous three -- Italy, Spain and Germany -- all failed to win their openers.
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