{"id":162649,"date":"2018-06-21T13:02:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T17:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=162649"},"modified":"2018-06-21T13:02:56","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T17:02:56","slug":"france-beat-peru-as-kylian-mbappe-nets-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2018\/06\/21\/france-beat-peru-as-kylian-mbappe-nets-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"France Beat Peru as Kylian Mbappe Nets Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>France edged out as 1-0 winners on Thursday afternoon as they headed into the next round of the tournament, although the contest did not offer much. The French appeared to be happy to just get a goal and win the game.<\/p>\n<h1>Kylian Mbappe Gets First World Cup Goal<\/h1>\n<p>The former World Cup winners were expected to be favourites for a result in this match, however, Peru did not make it easy for them.<\/p>\n<p>The victory for Les Blues means they qualify from Group C before they have to face Denmark in the final game. The South Americans will be heading home from the tournament following two defeats.<\/p>\n<p>Peru started the game in fine form, making a number of darting runs down the right wing and causing a number of problems. However, they failed to make a number of their chances count as France eased into the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Europeans did start quickly as well and continued to pepper the Peruvian\u2019s goal, however, they failed to make the most of their early chances.<\/p>\n<h2>Kylian Mbappe Seals the Victory With the Easiest Goal of His Career<\/h2>\n<p>They eventually found the breakthrough when Kylian Mbappe scored the easiest goal of his young career.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old latched onto a well-blocked effort from Olivier Giroud and tapped into an empty net, giving one of the tournament favourites the lead.<\/p>\n<h2>Peru Dominate as France Happy to Sit Back<\/h2>\n<p>The second half restarted with a double substitution from Peru and it appeared to give them some life. The South Americans took the initiative and started to dominate large parts of the game.<\/p>\n<p>They started to test Hugo Lloris but found it difficult to hit the target. The Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper, who made his 100<sup>th<\/sup> appearance for France, was well-worked in the second 45 minutes and saw a Pedro Aquino effort hit the post.<\/p>\n<p>As the second half went on, Les Blues appeared to look happy with a one-goal victory and looked content with wasting as much time as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Substitutions took a lot longer than they should have done, whilst Giroud was happy enough to take the ball into the corner flag with 15 minutes left to play.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s Next For the Two Nations?<\/h2>\n<p>France will look to top Group C when they face Denmark, whilst Peru will play their final game of this World Cup against Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"-3wWxtHpSFN9PzrfFpP3fw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/980352654\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'-3wWxtHpSFN9PzrfFpP3fw',sig:'3WI5Kr1lKK6f6qw8uqVsE8JNwKtrXWBOdPDjYBOoCbU=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'980352654',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France edged out as 1-0 winners on Thursday afternoon as they headed into the next round of the tournament, although the contest did not offer much. The French appeared to be happy to just get a goal and win the game. 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