Captain Kylian Mbappe Leads From The Front With Two Goals And One Assist As France Thrash Holland

Watch match highlights from France's 4-0 win over Holland in Euro 2024 qualifying. Kylian Mbappe scored two goals and assisted another for Antoine Griezmann.
Captain Kylian Mbappe Leads From The Front With Two Goals And One Assist As France Thrash Holland
Captain Kylian Mbappe Leads From The Front With Two Goals And One Assist As France Thrash Holland /

France 4-0 Holland

Kylian Mbappe scored two goals and assisted another in his first game after being confirmed as the new captain of France.

The 24-year-old was practically unplayable at the Stade de France where he led Les Bleus to a 4-0 win over Holland in their opening Euro 2024 qualifier.

Just 115 seconds were on the clock when Mbappe teed up vice-captain Antoine Griezmann to fire France 1-0 up.

Griezmann created the second goal five minutes later by delivering a wicked free-kick that was eventually turned in by Dayot Upamecano. 

Then began the Mbappe show for real.

His first goal of the game arrived in the 21st minute when he timed his run to perfection and raced onto an Aurelien Tchouameni through-pass before drilling a low shot inside the near post.

Mbappe's second goal was even better.

Kylian Mbappe pictured (center) during France's 4-0 win over Holland in March 2023
Kylian Mbappe pictured (center) during France's 4-0 win over Holland :: IMAGO/PanoramiC/JBAutissier

It came after he collected a loose ball midway inside the Holland half in the 88th minute. He dribbled past one defender, sat another on their backside and then lashed a powerful shot past the keeper from 17 yards.

Mbappe's two goals saw him move up to fifth on the list of France's all-time leading scorers.

He has now scored 38 goals for his country and is behind only Olivier Giroud (53), Thierry Henry (51), Griezmann (43) and Michel Platini (41).

Highlights: France 4-0 Holland


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Robert Summerscales
ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.