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L'Équipe de France has already qualified for the 2022 World Cup officially some time ago, back in November, after crushing Kazakhstan, 8-0. That allowed them to play games this year without fear of a worse fate than Italy, who failed to qualify for the World Cup for a second straight time. No defending champion has ever failed to qualify for the World Cup the next time around, and France already assured that they would not have that dubious distinction by qualifying as early as late last year.
On Tuesday, France was back in action, playing in their white uniforms at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, a suburb of the northern city of Lille. The French side managed to score another blowout win. And while Les Bleus did not quite score as many goals as they had against Kazakhstan back in November, they nevertheless scored a decisive and impressive 5-0 win against South Africa, one of the traditional powerhouse sides in Africa.
It all started when France's biggest and youngest superstar, Kylian Mbappé, broke through in the 23rd minute and got one past Ronwen Williams, the South Africa goalkeeper. Williams usually plays well, and even had some impressive moments in yesterday's game. But it clearly was not one of his banner days against France.
Mbappé would notch another goal later, in the 76th minute on a penalty, which came when France was already up 2-0. That was the goal that ended any suspense. Olivier Giroud had scored the second goal for the defending World Cup champions in the 33rd minute.
France also scored some goals in the final minutes of the game. Wissam Ben Yedder got one in the 81st minute, assuring that the final score of this game would be lopsided.
Just a few minutes later, South Africa's Khuliso Mudau received a red card. It piled on the bad news for what was a terrible day for the South African side.
Finally, Mattéo Guendouzi, scored his first ever goal for L'Équipe de France in the 90+2 minute, providing the final margin.
What a day for the French side! They scored an impressive number of goals on offense, and kept a clean sheet on defense. If they play anywhere near as solidly as this later this year, in the World Cup tournament, they very well may have a real shot at a successful title defense.
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