France has eliminated 2014 World Cup finalist Argentina in a thrilling encounter. The French won by 4 goals to 3 with 2 goals from PSG’s Kylian Mbappe.
Griezmann opened the scoring through a penalty in the first after Mbappe was fouled by Rojo.
Di Maria responded with a fantastic long-range ball a few minutes to the end of the first half.
Argentina controlled the game in the first but they could not make anything out of it.
Messi’s shot deflected off Mercado to make it 2 for Argentina minutes into the second half.
After Argentina’s second goal, France opened up the game and quickly responded with 2 goals.
Pavard scored an awe-inspiring volley to make it 2 all while Mbappe scored from within the 18-yard box to put his side into the lead.
Mbappe again scored from a quick pass from defence to attack to give France a two-goal lead.
Sampaoli brought Aguero on later in the game and he headed Argentina’s third in the 90 minute
With 4 minutes added time, the French defended their pole to prevent the Argentines from scoring a late equalizer.
France will now face Uruguay or Portugal in the next round.