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Kylian Mbappe Ends Dry Spell With Two Brilliant Goals As France Beat Netherlands To Qualify For Euro 2024

Kylian Mbappe scored his first goals in five games on Friday night to give France a 2-1 win over the Netherlands in their Euro 2024 Group B qualifier.

Robert Summerscales

Kylian Mbappe Ends Dry Spell With Two Brilliant Goals As France Beat Netherlands To Qualify For Euro 2024
Kylian Mbappe Ends Dry Spell With Two Brilliant Goals As France Beat Netherlands To Qualify For Euro 2024 /

Kylian Mbappe scored his first goals in five games on Friday night as France beat the Netherlands 2-1 in a Euro 2024 Group B qualifier.

The World Cup Golden Boot winner had failed to score in each of his previous four matches for Paris Saint-Germain but he found the net just 390 seconds into Friday's game in Amsterdam.

Mbappe, 24, displayed impressive athleticism to execute an acrobatic volley following a cross from Jonathan Clauss.

This was Mbappe's 41st goal for France, coming in his 72nd senior international appearance.

It put him joint fourth alongside Michel Platini on the all-time list of leading scorers for the France men's national team.

Only Olivier Giroud (54), Thierry Henry (51) and Antoine Griezmann (44) are above Mbappe on that list.

Kylian Mbappe pictured volleying the ball to score his 41st international goal for France during a Euro 2024 qualifier against the Netherlands in October 2023
Kylian Mbappe pictured volleying the ball to score his 41st international goal for France during a Euro 2024 qualifier against the Netherlands on Friday :: IMAGO/Pro Shots

Mbappe then moved clear of Platini eight minutes into the second half of Friday's game when he scored a stunning goal from outside of the penalty area.

He played a one-two with Adrien Rabiot before whipping a wicked effort into the top corner of Bart Verbruggen's goal from 21 yards.

Quilindschy Hartman scored a consolation goal for the home side in the 84th minute.

But France held on for a victory that sealed their place at next summer's European Championship in Germany.

France have now won all six of their qualifying games so far, scoring 13 goals and conceding just one.

Highlights: Netherlands 1-2 France

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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.