{"id":37361,"date":"2026-06-17T14:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37361"},"modified":"2026-06-17T14:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:34:08","slug":"mbappe-becomes-frances-record-scorer-with-two-goals-at-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/mbappe-becomes-frances-record-scorer-with-two-goals-at-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Mbappe becomes France\u2019s record scorer with two goals at World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>France captain Kylian Mbappe became his country\u2019s all-time leading scorer with a double against Senegal at the World Cup on Tuesday, beating the mark of 57 goals held by Olivier Giroud.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Playing in France\u2019s opening match at New York New Jersey Stadium, Mbappe slipped the ball past the goalkeeper in the 66th minute and notched his 58th international strike with a screamer in second-half stoppage time.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cCongrats, Kylian. You made it. I\u2019m really happy for him,\u201d said Giroud, working as a pundit for the <i>BBC<\/i>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Real Madrid striker Mbappe, 27, had been under extraordinary scrutiny heading into the World Cup but came alive in the second half as France beat Senegal 3-1 in Group I.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Giroud said Mbappe had promised him his shirt from the match.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>France next play Iraq on Monday in Philadelphia before facing Norway in their final group match <span dir=\"ltr\">on June 26.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2014Reuters\u2014<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29802,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-37361","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Real Madrid striker Mbappe, 27, had been under extraordinary scrutiny heading into the World Cup.","published_date":"","news_description":"Real Madrid striker Mbappe, 27, had been under extraordinary scrutiny heading into the World Cup.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37362,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37361\/revisions\/37362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=37361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}